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Ethnicity in Riposte at a Cricket Match: The Past for the Present
Michael Roberts, a reprint of an article published originally in Comparative Studies in Society and History 1985, vol. 27: 401-429. which is also available in in M. Roberts, Exploring Confrontation, (Harwood Academic Publishers, 1994). ** I. PRELUDE Some recent … Continue reading →
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Lanka’s Immediate Prospects and Samaraweera
Jehan Perera, in The Island, 28 June 2015, where the title is “Sri Lanka’s Brexit hour still to come” The Sri Lankan government goes into the current session of the UN Human Rights Council with several accomplishments to show. These … Continue reading →
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Issues of Governance and Economic Management in Recent Years
Verite Researach courtesy of Daily Mirror, May 2016, where the title is “Economic mismanagement is a governance problem – It needs governance solutions” Elected officials and selected bureaucrats are given a huge amount of power to act on behalf of … Continue reading →
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The Limits of State Sovereignty and R2P: Gareth Evans in Colombo, Mid-2007
Gareth Evans: “The Limits of Sovereignty: The Responsibility to Protect in the 21st Century,” being the Neelan Memorial Lecture of 2007 …. see vital NOTE at the end clarifying the context and inviting responses. … Continue reading →
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Speaking to Gotabaya-I: Plans Afoot in 2009 to Rescue the Tiger Leadership
Michael Roberts, courtesy of Colombo Telegraph, where the title is different I am deeply entangled in drafting an article entitled Saving Talaivar Prabhakaran, an effort that has involved several revisions and is now being subject to further embellishments in the … Continue reading →
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Leonard Woolf, The Anti-Imperialist
Thiru Arumugam, Courtesy of The Ceylankan: Journal of the Ceylon Society of Australia, journal 76, Vol. XIX, 4 November 2016 Woolf and his dog “Charles” in Jaffna Introduction: The Ceylankan has carried three articles about Leonard Woolf. In the May 2004 … Continue reading →
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The First Settlers and Their Claim to Ownership of Terrain/State. A Comparative Excursion
Michael Roberts, introducing an article entitled “Firstness, History, Place & Legitimate Claimto Place as homeland in Comparative Focus”originally presented in Abdul Rahman Embong, Rethinking Ethnicity and Nation Building: Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Fiji in Comparative Perspective, Panbrit UKM, Bangi, Malaysia, … Continue reading →
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How Sri Lanka triumphed in Eelam War IV
Ashok Mehta, courtesy of transcurrents and Sri Lanka Guardian after it appeared in public courtesy of the Centre for Land Warfare Studies where the title is “Sri Lanka’s Ethnic Conflict: How Eelam War IV was Won … Note that this is is a long article … Continue reading →
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Hate is now a Major Mainstream River Here, There, Everywhere, says Zeid
Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein, in address to HRC, 13 June 2016, being – global update by the High Commissioner at the 32nd session of the Human Rights Council under heading: “Hate is being mainstreamed” Distinguished President of the Council, Director-General, Excellencies,Colleagues and friends When … Continue reading →
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Hardline Ethnic Mind-Sets: Jane Russell’s Findings and Reflections
Michael Roberts Rajan Hoole is now presenting his studies of Sri Lanka Tamil political ferment in the 20th century via the Colombo Telegraph and local newspapers. This earnest endeavour is to be applauded. However, such surveys are not without their … Continue reading →
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