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December 25, 2025 · 3:46 pm

USA’s Unwitting Gift to the South

Lakshman Gunasekara in GROUNDVIEWS, 23 December 2025, with  this title “Trumpian America’s Unwitting Christmas Gift to Global South” Photo courtesy of Tyla “Every cloud has a silver lining,” wrote English poet-philosopher and leading 17th century civil servant John Milton in … Continue reading →

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March 8, 2025 · 12:16 am

Full-Frontal: The Trump-Zelensky Spat …… Implications

Dr. Matthew Crosston  … article in Modern Diplomacy with the title reading: “Trump vs. Zelensky: Popping the Proxy War”  …. presented here wthout the accompanying photos [tech issues] History will likely look back on the three-year anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine … Continue reading →

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June 5, 2023 · 12:09 am

How the Kandyan Sinhalese Forces Kept the European Powers at Bay for Two Centuries

PK Balachandran, whose original article in the Daily Mirror of 26 November 2021, is entitled “Kandyan armies which kept Europeans at bay for two centuries” The Kandyan army also had local Malays and Kaffirs (Africans) and also Indians like Malabars, … Continue reading →

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August 5, 2025 · 7:21 pm

Global Economics & Sri Lanka over the Recent Centuries

Sunil Bastian: “Sri Lankan state in a changing global context”  … a 2025 article presented  here with highlights  imposed by The Editor,  Thuppahi.** This short article emphasises the need to analyse the Sri Lankan state by placing it in the global … Continue reading →

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September 20, 2022 · 2:16 am

The Measured Funeral March: Poignant Power

Michael Roberts At 9.00 pm this day of 18th September 2022 I ventured back from my study to our living room to have dinner.  The TV was on and my Scottish wife was watching the serried ranks of the British … Continue reading →

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August 1, 2025 · 8:38 pm

For Lankan Researchers: An Oral History Workshop

  Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. This interactive workshop, led by experienced oral historian Gaya Fernando, will introduce participants to the principles, practices, and power of oral history. Tailored for researchers, journalists, documentary producers, … Continue reading →

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March 21, 2025 · 8:25 pm

Palestine Tomorrow: A Bold Forecast from A Lankan Seer

A Sri Lankan Seer ……. “Compatible neighbors” Arabs and Jews lived in relative peace in Palestine before 1948. The Zionist movement was established by European Jews and Israel (which became a state in 1948) was a settler colonization project that … Continue reading →

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September 11, 2022 · 2:23 pm

Power Balancing Moves in Asia: Displacing USA

Scott Ritter in Energy Intelligence, 9 September 2022, with this title “India And China Eye Asian Century” As the world lurches through the growing pains of massive geopolitical change, the US’ relationship with India will increasingly take center stage. Washington … Continue reading →

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February 1, 2026 · 12:29 pm

A World of Difference in Economic Clout!

Top 10 Global Economies (2026 Projections) United States: $31.82 trillion European Union: $22.52 trillion China: $20.65 trillion India: $4.51 trillion Japan: $4.46 trillion United Kingdom: $4.23 trillion Russia: $2.51 trillion

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March 6, 2025 · 7:40 pm

China’s Growth Over the Centuries

Gp Capt Kumar Kirinde (Retd) …. with Memo to his Retiree Colleagues in the Sri Lankan Armed Services Dear RAFOA member,  As I see, the way strategic matters are taking shape in our beloved Sri Lanka, the Chinese factor has … Continue reading →

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