The grievances of the indigenous tribes of the area are being highlighted for furthering the West’s geopolitical interests
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, June 3: Some Western powers appear to be eyeing the tribal areas straddling North-East India, Myanmar, Bangladesh and China.
The...
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...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, September 14: Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had alleged that the US would not have schemed to oust her from power if she had only handed over St.Martin’s island in the Bay of Bengal to it.
The...
By P.K.Balachandran
The Gambia, a small country in West Africa on the Atlantic coast, is upholding democracy at home and abroad. After emerging from two decades of a harsh dictatorship in 2016-17, the country is building a society and polity...
PATHFINDER NATIONAL SECURITY BRIEF -03
Sri Lanka’s strategic location in the Indian Ocean, along the vital East-West shipping lanes connecting the Straits of Hormuz, Bab el-Mandeb, and Malacca, grants the country considerable geopolitical and economic significance. With a vast maritime...
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...
Hindutva?
N Sathiya Moorthy 5 June 2024
If the Bharatiya Janata Party-National Democratic Alliance comes back to power with the poll-time alliance intact, then, at least allies like the Telugu Desam Party and the Janata Dal-United should be prepared to be embarrassed and/or...
The Israel-Palestine conflict festers in the absence of powerful mediator with high stakes in peace there. The Iran-Pakistan clash is being resolved because there is a powerful mediator with high stakes in peace there, namely, China.
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, January 24:...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, September 18: The Maldives is a 100% Muslim country. But Buddhism was the dominant religion here for more than 1,000 years before the advent of Islam in 1153 AD.
According to a website of the Maldivian government, the...
