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Nilantha Ilangamuwa

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A new dawn or another illusion?

The election in Nepal last week was not merely a political exercise; it was an eruption of pent-up fury, a rejection of the old guard that had...

23.03.2026 20

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The dangerous gamble in Iran

The world is hurtling toward a geopolitical abyss, and Iran has become the latest arena of a reckless and deeply misguided experiment in decapitation...

11.03.2026 20

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Trump, Venezuela, and the crumbling states

17.01.2026 30

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Yemen: Everyone’s playground

10.01.2026 30

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India redraws its strategic lines with Putin’s Delhi visit

11.12.2025 10

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The lost art of ethical rule: Revisiting Milinda’s inquiry

05.12.2025 10

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Pakistan: The making of a new military state

18.11.2025 10

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Bridging the gaps, making headway

10.11.2025 10

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Strategic reinvention of North Korea

02.11.2025 10

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Red Corridor: India’s long war nears an uneasy end

24.10.2025 10

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The return of history in the AF-Pak Conflict

18.10.2025 10

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Gaza: Diplomacy and the mirage of peace

11.10.2025 10

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Donald Trump's Nobel Quest: Ambition, interventions, and audacity

01.10.2025 10

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Sanae Takaichi and Japan’s historic reckoning

26.09.2025 10

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Nepal’s Gen Z fury turns moral outrage into chaos, not reform

15.09.2025 20

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How Rare Minerals Are Reshaping Geopolitics

01.09.2025 20

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When the Guns Fell Silent: A Fragile Hope for Kurdish Recognition and Reconciliation

02.08.2025 10

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250 years of American democracy and the machinery of power

07.07.2025 10

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Thailand on the brink: Border crisis with Cambodia fuels fears of imminent coup

27.06.2025 10

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Anatomy of a manufactured catastrophe

22.06.2025 10

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From Nobel Laureate to National Liability

13.06.2025 20

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The evolution of state-controlled humanity

30.05.2025 10

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Ramaphosa in the US: Diplomatic poise, domestic paradox

23.05.2025 10

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Klaus Schwab: The Oracle of Davos falls

16.05.2025 10

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Victory’s veil: The allied legacy of moral evasion

10.05.2025 10

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Vietnam, US Amnesia, and the spectacle of power

03.05.2025 30

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Terror in Pahalgam shatters India’s diplomatic high

24.04.2025 10

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The Saudis: Peacekeepers or power brokers?

18.04.2025 20

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How protectionism fuels economic collapse

11.04.2025 10

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India and Sri Lanka: Coping with shared myths and divided realities

07.04.2025 10

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India and China walk a fragile tightrope at 75 years

28.03.2025 10

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A model of stability from China

05.03.2025 10

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Lord Dannatt’s Chagos proposal: A testament to imperial arrogance

19.02.2025 20

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Trump’s vision for Gaza: Paradise or purgatory?

09.02.2025 20

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From OpenAI to DeepSeek: The fight for supremacy

31.01.2025 10

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Japan’s struggle for relevance amid China’s rise

26.01.2025 30

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The war they waged, the price we paid

16.01.2025 10

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