EDITORIALS
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BACK FROM THE DEAD
France’s presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon spoke to some 35,000 people at seven different pre-election rallies across the
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TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
In the past, resolutions passed by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Sri Lanka have generated much political controversy. Beginning
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STATE OF THE NATION
History they say isn’t what happened; it’s what you can remember as having happened. And memory is a mercurial master. There are scars in the national
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SPIN DOCTORS
Politicians sometimes have the opportunity to manufacture their own facts until we the people call them what they are
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DIGITAL DRIVING
Does the thought of traffic give you nightmares? Do you dread the snail-paced morning and evening commute between
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STATE OF THE NATION
In global politics, good speeches often unlock international goodwill. Good press about political presentations
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TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
Sri Lanka faces the challenge of convincing the world that it has put the war behind it and is dealing effectively with the consequences of the conflict
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THE RICE CRUNCH
Asia is often referred to as ‘the rice bowl of the world’ with nine of the leading 10 rice-producing countries being from the region – with China at
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DICTATORS’ BOOKLIST
I’m not sure what books Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is supposed to have read while he was in medical school
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COALITION POLITICS
The formation of the National Unity Government in the aftermath of Maithripala Sirisena’s victory at the January 2015 presidential election generated hopes of
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