CORONAVIRUS outbreak – Who is responsible?
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 / 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 / Constitution Related / Sri Lanka Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 17th February 2020
There are 3 pillars of governance in Sri Lanka while the constitution is very clear that the sovereignty is inalienable from the People of the Country. Therefore, the President, Parliament & Judiciary all...
Chartering Our Future / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam / War on Terror / Separatism / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 14th February 2020
We need a closure. We know how many Sri Lanka Armed Forces personnel died or were injured during the final phase of the conflict but the problem lies in determining the dead LTTE and...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Lessons for Sri Lanka / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 14th February 2020
MCC is one of the 3 pillars of US National Security Strategy initially rolled out in 2002 (Defense, Development & Diplomacy) ACSA and SOFA are clear US strategic military arrangements while MCC falls into...
Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE crimes / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam / UN & Sri Lanka / UN bias & corruption / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 10th February 2020
The Lessons Learnt & Reconciliation Commission Report of November 2011 declared 22,247 LTTE dead of which 11,812 had been identified by name. However, 10,435 LTTE dead had not been identified by the time...
Chartering Our Future / Role of India / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 4th February 2020
Nepal & Sri Lanka share similarities. Both countries have appointed teams to study MCC. MCC was signed by Nepal in 2017 – the state of MCC Sri Lanka has been kept a...
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...
UN & Sri Lanka / UN bias & corruption / UNHRC Resolutions / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 26th January 2020
An eye for an eye is the Abrahamic view of justice. 9/11 resulted in bombing, invading & occupying Afghanistan but Afghanistan had nothing to do with 9/11 but the invaders have remained in...
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...