By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, January 29: In the light of apprehensions about the Donald Trump Presidency in the United States, his first interaction with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the phone earlier this week, was pleasant enough to warrant hopes...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, January 28: India has let it be known, albeit obliquely, that Sri Lanka’s relations with India should not be influenced by geopolitical rival China. New Delhi feels that Colombo is giving in to pressure from Beijing not...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, January 24: The Sri Lankan Cabinet of Ministers chaired by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has revoked a decision made by his predecessor Ranil Wickremesinghe in June last year, to award a 484 mw wind power plants in...
China’s efforts in peace-brokering are based on a mix of economic interest, conscious neutrality and chutzpah.
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, January 23: Given its rapid rise as an economic giant, China has been wanting to foster world peace by a variety of...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, January 18: The four-day State Visit of Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to China from January 14 to 17 has resulted in a number of mutual commitments which could have significant geo-political and geo-economic implications.
These commitments...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, January 15: US President-elect Donald Trump has threatened Canada that it could be incorporated in the USA as the 51 st. State, if Canada does not yield to US demands on tariffs, border control and sharing of...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, January 4: The persecuted Muslim Rohingyas of Myanmar are a community no country, including their own, wants. Their plight and their search for a home, have drawn world attention and yet no country except The Gambia in...
By P.K. Balachandran
It is generally accepted that Buddhism was introduced to Sri Lanka in 247 BC when the Indian Buddhist Emperor Asoka (304–232 BC) sent his son Mahinda and daughter Sangamitta to preach the doctrine enunciated by Siddhartha Gautama...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, December 31: The unending war in North Myanmar between the Yangon-based military junta and the Ethnic Armed Organisations (EAOs) is posing a serious challenge to India’s security in its own North Eastern region comprising the States of...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, December 30:
Dr.Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014, who died in New Delhi last Thursday at the age of 92, was the answer to Prime Minister Narasimha Rao’s prayers for the redemption of the...
By P.K.Balachandran
TColombo, December 19: he year 2025 is expected to pose significant challenges and also offer equally significant opportunities to India in its bid for dominance over its geopolitical domain.
Countries that immediately matter to India are Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri...
