Chartering Our Future / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / International Issues / Role of West & Alliances / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 3rd November 2020
Austria boasted itself to be one of the world’s best 10 destinations and safest places to live & then terror struck and 4 are now dead. In France, even a cartoon cannot be...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Crimes of the West / Ethno-Religious Issues / INGO-NGO issues / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE Diaspora / Role of India / Role of West & Alliances / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam
by Shenali Waduge · Published 2nd November 2020
LTTE terrorism was defeated in May 2009. Without a charismatic terrorist leader, LTTE is unlikely to resurface. But, the efforts to create a Tamil Eelam or a Greater Tamil Eelam encompassing Tamil Nadu...
Colonial & Neo colonial / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 29th October 2020
We have a team of 4 led by US who are going around Asia trying to build alliances against China and signing defense pacts with each other, conducting naval exercises and even chiding China...
Chartering Our Future / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 29th October 2020
How much is China more of a threat to India than US, will be a question India must continue to ask, as it rushes to sign agreements with US. Whether India will become ornamental...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of West & Alliances / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 25th October 2020
This is a right of reply to an article appearing on Daily FT titled “History repeating – Are we going to lose MCC or not?” by an anonymous international development expert on 22 October...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 23rd October 2020
Maithripala Sirisena was not born with a silver spoon. He was no presidential material but he controversially became President with a thumbs up by 62lakh voters in January 2015 aided even by foreign...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 19th October 2020
There is a major misconception that Sri Lanka in its cash-strapped status should ignore all questionable aspects of the MCC and just sign MCC Compact as MCC is holding a carrot of $480m...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 16th October 2020
What is this ‘creative balance & equilibrium in Sri Lanka’s favor’ that the Moragoda Doctrine espouses to achieve? Exactly how many votes would the Moragoda Doctrine have delivered to Gotabaya Rajapakse or the SLPP...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / UN & Sri Lanka / UN bias & corruption / UNHRC Resolutions
by Shenali Waduge · Published 15th October 2020
Backed by an overwhelming majority at the Presidential & General Elections, the Government in power rightly has decided to work towards a closure of the successive UNHRC Resolutions against Sri Lanka by initially...
Chartering Our Future / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 8th October 2020
The world was in for a shock with the dawning of 2020. An unknown virus hit first China and spread across the world like wildfire. Since the first death in January 2020 as of...
