Colonial & Neo colonial / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 30th October 2020
30 October 1964 marks a landmark agreement by Prime Minister of then Ceylon, Sirimavo Bandaranaike & Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. It was formerly known as the Sirima-Shashtri Pact and was signed to...
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...
Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / LTTE Diaspora / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 27th October 2020
It is not every day that the US Secretary of State receives letters from unknown, undisclosed and unheard of countries and people calling themselves “Prime Minister “while living in the US, working in...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of West & Alliances / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 26th October 2020
Mike Pompeo is arriving amidst a sudden & unexpected covid surge in Sri Lanka and coming from two of the worst covid-hit countries. He is arriving to fulfil objectives of 2 designations. He...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / LTTE Diaspora / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 23rd October 2020
There are some ground realities all of us need to come to terms with. While in Sri Lanka, only the TNA chants ‘Eelam’ & Pro-LTTE slogans, that too closer to some election or...
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 / 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...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE Diaspora / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 24th September 2020
19A inclusion of Dual Citizenship was specifically targeted at preventing Gotabaya Rajapakse from contesting Presidential Elections and requiring to revoke citizenship which created a thorny situation with US declaring him and Shavendra Silva as...
Chartering Our Future / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India / Role of West & Alliances / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 16th September 2020
With much thought and strategy Sri Lanka has appointed Moragoda as Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Delhi iced with cabinet ranking, the first such fringe benefit afforded to a high commissioner. No doubt,...
Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 1st September 2020
Nothing happens in this world without some geopolitical thrust or shove. In viewing any geopolitical incident, it is necessary to see the pattern in what culminated in an incident(s) and attempt to connect the...
