Chartering Our Future / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / LTTE Diaspora / UN & Sri Lanka / UN bias & corruption / UNHRC Resolutions
by Shenali Waduge · Published 18th May 2026
Seventeen years after the military defeat of the LTTE in May 2009, Sri Lanka remains one of the few countries where a concluded internal conflict continues to be repeatedly revisited in international...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / LTTE crimes / LTTE Diaspora / Role of India / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 16th May 2026
Before the LTTE came into the picture, it is good to go back in time to the manner in which American, British evangelical movements set up missionary schools where the Sinhala Buddhist majority...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 6th May 2026
The reported move by the Criminal Investigation Department Sri Lanka to obtain a statement from Asad Maulana living overseas since 2022, in connection with allegations involving Maj. Gen. Suresh Sallay, raises several questions. Media reports...
Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism
by Shenali Waduge · Published 18th April 2026
Since May 2021, a sequence of public statements has attempted to reshape the understanding of the Easter Sunday attacks and promote a new narrative burying a critical factor that may contribute to...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE Diaspora / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 6th April 2026
The 2019 Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka were not unforeseen. Intelligence agencies had repeatedly flagged threats, warrants existed against Zaharan. Yet negligence, inaction, and bureaucratic delays allowed an ideology rooted in hatred...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 23rd March 2026
The colonial occupiers have much to answer for. Many present-day problems were planted as part of colonial divide-and-rule policies However, we cannot live in the past and repeatedly blame the bearers. We...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism
by Shenali Waduge · Published 10th March 2026
Since the 1979 revolution that created the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Iranian state has played a central role in Middle Eastern geopolitics. The regime is led by a Supreme Leader. Over four decades,...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 9th March 2026
Since the end of Sri Lanka’s 30 year conflict in 2009, the country has experienced sporadic arrivals of refugees and asylum seekers from several regions including South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa....
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / International Issues
by Shenali Waduge · Published 5th March 2026
ඉන්දියානු සාගරයේ ශ්රී ලංකාවේ උපායමාර්ගික පිහිටීම සැමවිටම එය කලාපීය හා ගෝලීය වශයෙන් වැදගත්. අගමැතිනි සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක වැනි අතීත නායකයින් විනිවිද පෙනෙන, නොබැඳි ප්රතිපත්ති තුළින් ස්වෛරීභාවය ආරක්ෂා කළහ. අද වන විට, අනුප්රාප්තික පරිපාලන හරහා රහසිගත...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 5th March 2026
The Easter Sunday bombings were not isolated or random they were tied to a global jihadist ideology and the Islamic State (ISIS) caliphate narrative. Zahran Hashim and the NTJ network openly declared allegiance to...
