Weak countries that share a land or a sea border with a powerful State having geopolitical interests, have been on the horns of a dilemma historically. The choices they have had to make have been hard.
All States, whether weak...
Ambassador Qi Zhenhong describes Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan and objections to the docking of the vessel Yuan Wan 5 as threats
Colombo, August 26: The Chinese envoy in Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong, has in an article circulated among the media...
An examination of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) from the point of Sri Lanka’s own interest, would suggest that it is time the Act was either drastically amended or replaced by a more just law that will help...
MARWAAN MACAN-MARKAR, Asia regional correspondent, and RYOSUKE HANADA, Mumbai bureau chief (Courtesy NIKKEI ASIA)
Sri Lanka is urging China to dramatically change its stance on debt relief, President Ranil Wickremesinghe told Nikkei Asia in an exclusive interview, conceding that reaching...
Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak on Tuesday was ordered to serve his jail sentence, after the nation’s highest court upheld his conviction on several counts of corruption involving a former unit of scandal-tainted fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
“These...
By P.K.Balachandran
The US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung is confident that Sri Lanka will recover from its present political and economic troubles, but she cautions that it will have to ensure political stability and take hard decisions in...
The Economist: Thank you very much for taking the time to see us, Mr Wickremesinghe. The last time we were here was three weeks ago, when it was obvious that this was a country in crisis. We got in...
International relations are becoming more and more complicated with each passing day. In this fast-changing world, power equations are also changing rapidly. Besides, all countries are undergoing internal economic, social, and political changes. As such, states are at once,...
The Chinese Foreign Ministry told the media in Beijing on Monday, that it is “senseless” to invoke “security concerns” to “pressure” Sri Lanka to deny entry to Chinese ships that are carrying out legitimate tasks.
Without naming India (referring to...
NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar was elected as the 14th Vice-President of India on Saturday as he defeated Opposition candidate Margaret Alva.
Mr. Dhankhar, a former Governor of West Bengal, secured 528 votes while 80-year-old Alva got 182. The numbers were stacked in...
Sri Lanka’s new president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, will need all the help he can get to stave off an economic collapse. He should be striving to win over his many critics, not to suppress them.
The scale of the crisis confronting...
Ms Pelosi - the most senior US politician to visit in 25 years - departed on Wednesday after meeting leaders in the capital Taipei.
But her visit, as part of a wider Asian tour, sparked fury in Beijing after she...
