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How the Jihadi Terror could aid USA’s Power Plays in the Indian Ocean
Lasanda Kurukulasuriya, in Island, 6 May 2019, where the title is “IS terror in Sri Lanka: Govt dissimulates, as West consolidates” “Even as the US fights Islamic terrorism, it is accused at other times of using IS as an asset. … Continue reading →
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Where End Goal and Zeal produce a Deadly Cocktail
Chandre Dharmawardena, in Colombo Telegraph, 6 April 2019, where the title is “Why Do “Educated” Youth Join Extremist Terrorist Movements?” It is often asked why educated youth “coming from good homes” join extremist organizations. Simple references to “brain washing”, or the stupidity of the … Continue reading →
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Karuna’s Defection: An Early Analysis in Speculative Mode
Gerald H. Peiris: being Chapter 6 in Peiris, Twilight of the Tigers The contents of this chapter, except its ‘Introductory Notes’ and the ‘Postscript’, are based almost entirely on an article titled ‘An Assessment of the Current Crisis among the Liberation Tigers … Continue reading →
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Terrorism in Modern Times: Twelve Insights
Brian Victoria Michael, …… In addressing your previous requests for my insights,[1] [let me present] twelve hypotheses relating to terrorism.[2] I call them “hypotheses” because they are insights garnered from only a handful of Zen-related terrorist incidents in 1930s Japan, … Continue reading →
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Export Strategy for Sri Lanka Initiated
Editor, News-in-Asia, 20 July 2018, where the title is “Sri Lanka launches ambitious 5 yr National Export Strategy to boost economic growth” The Sri Lankan government has launched a five year National Export Strategy (NES) to boost foreign investments, foreign … Continue reading →
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Geneva Ballet: The Ranil-Mangala Treachery and Sirisena’s Intervention
Rajeewa Jayaweera, in Sunday Island, 30 March 2019, with this title “Games before UNHRC Resolution a last-minute bipartisan consensus” … with highlighting being additions by The Editor, Thuppahi. Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana and members of his delegation deserve a big … Continue reading →
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Focus on the Eradication of Poverty NOW
Mervyn De Silva, former Director Ministry of Plan Implementation, Ex-Member of Parliament, has formulated a Scheme to eradicate inquality and poverty …. and sent it to Madam Chandrika Kumaratunga recently (see text below) Poverty And Inequality Continue As Persistent, … Continue reading →
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Challenging Hannah Beech: The Strangulation of the Rohingyas, 1948-2019
Gerald Peiris, … responding to https://thuppahis.com/2019/07/16/buddhist-zealots-in-sri-lanka-and-myanmar-stir-the-cauldron/ … See Note at head of References The section of the Bangladesh frontier in the south-east runs adjacent to the northern Arakan states of Myanmar (formerly, Burma) —a politically turbulent area which has, at … Continue reading →
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A Major Overhaul of Sri Lanka’s Foreign Policy Called For
Nimal Edirisinghe, in Daily Ft, 11 April 2019, where the title runs “ Foreign policy: Need for a paradigm shift for Sri Lanka” A country’s foreign policy, also called the foreign relations policy, consists of self-interest strategies chosen by the … Continue reading →
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The Transformation of Muslim Politics in Sri Lanka and the Growth of Wahhabism from the 1980s
Ameer Ali,** courtesy of Colombo Telegraph, where the title is “Anatomy of An Islamist Infamy” The Easter carnage that consumed the lives of nearly two hundred and fifty innocent worshippers and bystanders including children, opens another chapter in Sri Lanka’s post-colonial bloody … Continue reading →
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