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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ranil’s Hand in the Batalanda Killings?
VISIT this item sent to me by a Richmondite Medic residing in Britain with this note: I recently heard Ranil W’s name linked to Batalanda but did not know what it was about. This blog reveals all, what a murderer … Continue reading →
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Heightened Action in Ukraine-Russia War
Observer in a Black Sea Port The techniques and extent of Ukraine’s push into the regions of Kursk, Bryansk and Belgorod, which borders on to Ukraine shows the West is deeply involved in this invasion of Russia. Public statements from … Continue reading →
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