Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Crimes of the West / Ethno-Religious Issues / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of West & Alliances / Sri Lanka Politics / War on Terror / Separatism / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 9th May 2020
Those that demanded Sri Lanka stop ‘triumphalism’ when the nation celebrated victory over LTTE in May 2009, have been triumphing victory over Germany & Japan since 1945 by even enacting battle victories annually. V_E...
Crimes of the West / INGO-NGO issues / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE crimes / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Sri Lanka Politics / War on Terror / Separatism
by Shenali Waduge · Published 8th April 2020
A Vietnamese civilian with a gun pointed at the side of her head. There is much hullabaloo over the pardoning of Corporal Sunil Ratnayake by President Gotabaya Rajapake. The usual set of culprits are...
Chartering Our Future / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / UN & Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 3rd April 2020
Coronavirus does not discriminate. It treats all equally. Rich-poor-Old-young, it doesn’t care if you live in West-East, North-South, the virus doesn’t care whether you are Sinhalese Tamil Muslim or Burgher or whether you are...
Chartering Our Future / Crimes of the West / International Issues / Role of West & Alliances / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 31st March 2020
Everyone has a right to their opinion but a subject as important as the present global outbreak requires some meaningful debate and certain actions give clues to read between the lines to understand...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 2nd February 2020
The MCC is not just any ordinary agreement. It is an agreement that is signed between 2 Governments, passing 10 land registries to a newly created company called MCC Sri Lanka Pvt Ltd....
International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of West & Alliances / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 2nd February 2020
The shift of balance from West to East is nothing anyone can deny except that it also means the challenges for the East are all the more overwhelming unless policy formulators derive ways...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of West & Alliances / UNHRC Resolutions / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 23rd January 2020
On 4th March 2011, the Sri Lanka Foreign Ministry responded to the adopting of Resolution (S. Res 84) by US Senate. What is poignant about US Resolution and Sri Lanka’s response is...
Chartering Our Future / INGO-NGO issues / International Issues / UN & Sri Lanka / UN bias & corruption / UNHRC Resolutions / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 31st December 2019
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon commissioned 3 members (Ban Ki Moon Panel of Experts) selected personally by him to submit a personal report on the ‘final months’ of Sri Lanka’s conflict....
International Issues / Role of West & Alliances / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 11th December 2019
The International Court of Justice was set up in 1946 to settle international disputes. ICJ is taking up a complaint made by little known Muslim majority Gambia on behalf of the 57 OIC...
Chartering Our Future / Ethno-Religious Issues / INGO-NGO issues / International Issues / LTTE Diaspora
by Shenali Waduge · Published 9th December 2019
Mario Arulthas writes to Al Jazeera on 8 Dec 2019 titled Trouble brews in post-election Sri Lanka”. What are the concerns he raises: https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/trouble-brews-post-election-sri-lanka-191208094903589.html He refers to Gotabaya Rajapakse as a ‘hardliner’ exactly what does he imply...
