India refutes Maldives’ claim that it has agreed to withdraw
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, January 22:
Potential threats from China are likely to stall any Indian bid to withdraw its military personnel stationed in the Maldives. In fact, India has tactfully refuted...
Dependence on India and China will increase as opposition BNP is backed by the US
ByP.K.Balachandran _ Colombo,
January 6, 2024
Thanks to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s boycott of the January 7 parliamentary elections, Awami League’s Sheikh Hasina will get...
It’s election year worldwide in 2024. Sixty four countries and 4.2 billion people, roughly half the world’s population of over eight billion, are going to the polls. While all eyes are on President Biden’s battle royal with former president...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, December 27:
Religion has been part of the foreign policies of Christian and Islamic nations for a long time. As is well known, one of the goals of the foreign policy of Western colonial powers was to...
Recruiting 10,000 farm workers immediately and with the possibility of absorbing 100,000 Lankan workers eventually.
By P.K.Balachandran Colombo
Sri Lanka’s relationship with Israel has not been steady. It has seen rupture as well as restoration in the last 75...
Women have a higher life expectancy and Tibet and Xinjiang lag behind Western provinces Beijing and Shanghai
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, December 22
Life expectancy goes up in China but gender and provincial gaps remain and that pattern will continue till 2035,...
By P.K.BalachandranColombo, December 20:
The Ram temple issue which has divided India between the Hindu nationalistic right wing and the secular left wing for years, has no spawned a split in the Hindu nationalist camp itself. Prime Minister Narendra...
Beijing proposes extensive schemes for the “joint development” of the Blue Economy of the “China-Indian Ocean Region”
By P.K.Balachandran Colombo
17 December 23
In opposition to the traditional practice of using the term “Indian Ocean” for the sea stretching from the Bay...
The temptation to link the Maldivian absence to either the Indian troop withdrawal or the Muizzu leadership continuing with the pre-poll demand for revisiting the international maritime border with the host, Mauritius, or both was inescapable in certain circles
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Though the issue of targeting Sikh separatists in North America has brought the issue into the open, India’s bid to exercise independence and autonomy has been irritating the US which is looking for an unquestioning geopolitical ally.
P.k.Balachandran - Colombo
December...
AUTHOR - Viraj Madusanka Dias Sooriyaarachchi
PUBLISHED IN: Geopolitical Introduction
The economic landscape of nations is significantly shaped by foreign direct investment (FDI), a vital driver for development, technological innovation, and global integration. The foreign direct investment (FDI) trajectories of India...
