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Security Failures and Security Implications from the Jihadist Terror in Sri Lanka, Easter Sunday 2019
Jeffrey Gettleman, Mujib Mashal and Dharisha Bastians, in New York Times, 22 April 2019, where the title is “Sri Lanka Was Warned of Possible Attacks. Why Didn’t It Stop Them?“ The confidential security memo laid it all out: names, addresses, phone … Continue reading →
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Attention! Streamlining the Administration vs Covid: A Public Memo for Gotabaya Rajapaksa
An Anonymous Collective of Concerned Citizen Retirees** )This Memorandum is meant to Assist the Sri Lanka Government to face the Economic, Fiscal Policy and Social impacts due to COVID-19. This is a PUBLIC SERVICE by us for the benefit of … Continue reading →
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Sinhala Buddhist Storm Clouds in the Present Presidential Race
ACL Ameer Ali, in Colombo Telegraph, 25 October 2019, … and Financial Times, 26 October 2019, with this title, “Political Buddhism, Presidential Race & Minorities” Although the origins of political Buddhism in Sri Lanka goes back to the 19thcentury, it … Continue reading →
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Becoming and Being Sri Lankan: The National Anthem in Our Mother Tongues
Eranda Ginige, on in Lanka News Web, 6 January 2020, where the title is “The Language of the National Anthem” The Dominion of Ceylon was formed on 4 February 1948 with the singing of Britain’s national anthem “God Save the … Continue reading →
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Tamil Tiger ‘Martyrs’: Regenerating Divine Potency?
This article from my pen was probably drafted in 2004. It appeared in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism vol. 28 in 2005 after the usual refereeing process. Some of the details and arguments have, in fact, been obliterated within my … Continue reading →
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Naseby on the Hands Off Sri Lanka Warpath: ONE
Item in Sri Lanka Guardian, 5 February 2019, entitled “Sri Lanka: Time to stand her own two feet” Is this really a country that has to be monitored by the West almost every day? The President of the APPG on … Continue reading →
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Stephen Long’s ‘Revenge Politics’: Questionings
Michael Roberts In a riveting article in Asian Tribune entitled “Sri Lanka: A Tragic Lesson in Revenge Politics,” Stephen Long has assessed Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s contribution to Sri Lanka’ victory during Eelam War IV in this style: “With the precision of … Continue reading →
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Fresh Insights on the 4/21 Salafi Bombings in Sri Lanka
Samanth Subramanium, in New York Times, 2 July 2020, where the title reads “Two Wealthy Muslim Brothers became suicide Bombers, but Why?” There’s a video of the exact moment Inshaf Ibrahim decided to abandon his life as a rich young man and … Continue reading →
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Dr Susiri Weerasekera: A Man for All Seasons
Michael Roberts A chance finding of an old article that I had written on “dedicated medical work” on both sides of the battlefront during the last stages of the war brought vibrant memories of Dr Susiri Weerasekera into my mind. … Continue reading →
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Assessing Modern China Today
Charles Edel, writing on “Four Theories of Modern China” on 21 November 2019 at https://www.the-american-interest.com/2019/11/21/four-theories-of-modern-china/?utm-access=rcw ….. with this striking opening pitch: “What really drives China today—is it Xi Jinping himself, the Belt & Road Initiative, old habits of statecraft, or … Continue reading →
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