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Harini Amarasuriya (left) receiving a document from Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (right) after being sworn in as Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister and Minister of Education during the swearing-in ceremony of the new Cabinet in Colombo, on November 18, 2024.

NPP banks on a lean Cabinet to keep the optics right, and deliver

President Dissanayake keeps crucial portfolios while inducting fresh faces; the Opposition nominates defeated candidates through national list.

R.K. Radhakrishnan

Maladaptation has been discussed as part of negotiations on the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) at COP29.

‘Maladaptation’ fears might end up blocking climate funds for poor nations

Overly strict definitions of failed climate adaptation can potentially prevent vital projects in developing countries from getting financial support.

Rishika Pardikar

Sri Lanka Parliamentary Elections

Sri Lanka hands NPP historic super-majority, backing Dissanayake’s reform agenda

JVP coalition sweeps from southern strongholds to Tamil north, winning cross-ethnic support and reducing traditional parties to single digits.

R.K. Radhakrishnan

SRI LANKA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION 2024

Younger generations—both in the south and north—want to see change in politics: Ahilan Kadirgamar

The sociology professor and activist says the new government needs to meet the aspirations of not just the singular people, but minorities as well.

From left, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the BRICS summit plenary session in Kazan, Russia, on October 23.

India’s claim of pursuing ‘strategic autonomy’ in its foreign policy is a facade

In reality, the country is caught in three strategic triangles (US-China, US-Russia, and Russia-China) where it must balance multiple dependencies.

SRI LANKA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION 2024

Is Sri Lanka witnessing a shift in its ethnic politics?

For the first time, Tamil voters in northern Sri Lanka seem to back a Sinhalese president who promises to return their land and change old politics.

SRI LANKA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION 2024

Can Anura Dissanayake convert his surprise presidential victory into parliamentary control?

Dissanayake courts Tamil and Muslim regions with development promises, seeking to expand beyond his Sinhala base. November 14 holds the answers.

R.K. Radhakrishnan

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, with leaders from African countries during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing on September 4, 2024.

When China rules Africa

With strategic bases and mammoth trade deals, Beijing’s influence in Africa moves beyond trade to empire-building, posing myriad challenges to India.

On the front pages of some of Britain’s national newspapers about the re-election of US President-elect Donald Trump, on November 7, 2024. After Trump’s big win, end-of-the-world scenarios continue to be drawn about what his victory will mean for climate issues.

The tunnel vision that resulted in Donald Trump

Americans are so divided that a single sacred value—be it free speech, politeness, or climate action—blinds them to all other concerns.

Raghu Murtugudde

US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during an election night event in West Palm Beach, Florida, on November 6, 2024. Trump showed some signs of being reconciliatory soon after his victory, but whether these sentiments translate into policy remains to be seen.

Trump’s ‘Second Coming’ is no miracle

Democrats chased indictments and the approval of coastal elites, while working-class America turned to their tormentor-in-chief for salvation.

US President-elect Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 28, 2020. Netanyahu most likely hoped that the man with whom he has a close relationship and who delivered multiple diplomatic victories for Israel would triumph.

Will Trump’s return force Netanyahu to end the Gaza war?

The former ally’s anti-war stance could force the Israeli Prime Minister to wrap up the military campaign before the new US presidency begins.

Chocolate bars with the faces of Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump displayed at a store in John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, on October 25, 2024.

Trump vs Harris: America’s unprecedented choice is a tale no one would believe

A failed presidency and a weak vice presidency led to this: Trump and Harris now fight for the White House in the strangest race ever.

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Home Minister Amit Shah at a temple ceremony in Salangpur, Gujarat on October 31.

India-Canada relations hit new low as allegations target Home Minister Amit Shah

Canada’s public accusation that Shah led a campaign targeting Sikh separatists has pushed once-friendly bilateral relations into open hostility. What’

People take shelter during an air raid siren after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, in central Israel on October 1, 2024.

Iran’s anti-Israel stance has evolved from a purely ideological position into a sophisticated political instrument

Tehran now faces a complex balancing act: leading the fight against Israel, and avoiding an all-out war, while managing domestic unrest.

Bashir Ali Abbas

An oil tanker is on fire in the sea of Oman on June 13, 2019. Since Israel has made it clear that its aggression extends to Iran, there is real potential for a serious regional and even global war.

Why Israel’s bombing of Iran might not cause a spike in crude prices

Supply diversification and Tehran’s limited share of global exports have changed the geopolitics of oil, rendering regional conflicts less potent.

Women crossing from Lebanon into Syria at the Masnaa border crossing on October 14. Lebanon’s Transport Minister said that Israeli strikes earlier this month had closed the road to vehicles.

Why are Arab powers so cautious about Israel’s onslaught in West Asia?

Regional security concerns, fear of militant Islamism, and continued reliance on the US shape the Gulf states’ muted response to the Gaza war.

Md. Muddassir Quamar

Destroyed buildings at the site of an Israeli air strike in the neighbourhood of Mreijeh in Beirut on October 23, 2024. Israel launched attacks on Lebanon nearly a year after Hezbollah began firing rockets in support of its ally Hamas.

Israel delivers West Asia its Sarajevo moment

Netanyahu sees a “historic chance to reshape West Asia”, but with no strategy in sight, mass killing appears to be Israel’s principal war aim.

A child injured during an Israeli operation in the Jabalia refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip awaits treatment at the Al-Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza City on October 21, 2024. Since October 7, 2023, some 42,000 Palestinians have been killed, entire villages and towns razed, and hospitals and schools destroyed.

Editor’s Note: The ghosts of Gaza

If the world will not call it by its name even now, it won’t be able to stop another Holocaust from happening.

Jacob says all of China’s foreign and security policies are based on strong domestic drivers and fundamentals.

There is a reality of a power differential, and these negotiations have been hard: Jabin T. Jacob

The Associate Professor discusses the current state of India-China relations, recent developments along the LAC, and their strategic implications.

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