President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) completed six months in office in March. During the month the first-ever Budget 2025 of the National People's Power (NPP) government, was passed in Parliament by a thumping 159 votes in favour with 45 against it. President AKD in his speech said “We have come to know of some things only now. When I become president, I...
US President Donald Trump announced “reciprocal tariff” on countries that he described as being unfair to the US. In fact, the tariffs were announced on April 2, 2025, or “Liberation Day” for the US. Economists and Wall Street pundits have been quick to point out that these measures are a disaster for the US as well as the global economy. There is panic in ...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov confirmed that preparations are underway for Putin’s reciprocal trip to Delhi after Modi visited Moscow last summer as the first foreign trip of his third term. Readers can review the outcome of their most recent summit here, while the present piece will forecast what they might discuss during their next one, the date ...
The Greeks are getting “the business” that their lords and masters in Germany are sounding the alarm, contending that Vladimir Putin is intent on conquering Europe. This excerpt from Greece’s Protothema (and other media) gives us an example of what the Greek people are being led to believe. “Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND) and the Armed Forces ...
Amplified by South Africa’s strategic position within the BRICS, its rapprochement with China and Russia, as well as the adoption in 2024 of Law 13, which allows indigenous communities to own and manage land, Rasool’s expulsion is part of a rise in tensions between Washington and Pretoria. This extreme diplomatic gesture reflects the American desire to conta...
The official Kremlin readout from Putin’s most recent phone call with Trump shared Putin’s demand that “a complete cessation of providing Kiev with foreign military aid and intelligence must become the key condition for preventing an escalation of the conflict and making progress towards its resolution.” Trump’s temporary suspension of such assistance proves...
Britain was the primary sponsor of Türkiye’s accession to NATO, recognising its past contributions to the British “Great Game” strategy. Following the Second World War, it was Britain and the United States that prevented Türkiye from suffering territorial losses - particularly regarding control over the Black Sea straits and parts of Western Armenia - thus c...
The possible withdrawal of the United States from its preeminent position in NATO, even if it does not withdraw from the Atlantic Alliance, sends the political West back to its own devices. How can peace be ensured on the continent? The European Defense project, developed by François Mitterrand and Jacques Chirac, does not allow for the defense of the Europe...
The appointment of Kirsty Coventry, a two-time Olympic champion and seven-time world champion in swimming, who has been the Minister of Youth, Sports, Arts and Recreation of the Republic of Zimbabwe since 2018, to the post of President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has brought some optimism that this structure will begin to move away from the...
First of all, let’s once again note the crucial strategic position of the Philippine archipelago - a matter of control that has remained at the center of recurring conflicts over dominance in the Indo-Pacific region since the late 19th century. For instance, Japan’s defeat in the Battle of the Philippines in late 1944 played a decisive role in the catastroph...
In her book The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam, the historian Barbara Tuchman explores the perplexing question of why countries sometimes pursue policies that are fundamentally contrary to their own interests. That question has acquired renewed relevance as Europe has now enlisted in a deepening march of folly over Ukraine. Failure to reject the march ...
Internal contradictions within NATO between the United States and the European Union place Turkey, the alliance’s sole Muslim member, in a challenging position. Since the era of the “sick man of Europe” (i.e., the 19th century), the Ottoman Empire and later the Republic of Turkey have linked their strategic security to a strong Western alliance against Russi...
Amidst the changing world order, the West has prompted its activities against China and Russia, the two rising global superpowers. Pakistan, due to its critical geostrategic location, has been at the center of the great power rivalry since its inception. The recent terrorist attack on a Pakistani train in Balochistan province is also a part of the great game...
For the “revisionist Zionists” (that is, the successors of Ze’ev Jabotinsky and Benzion Netanyahu – not to be confused with Theodor Hertzl’s “Zionists”), the time has come, after the victory over Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Assads, to crush Iran. On the contrary, for Donald Trump, after the pacification of the Ukrainian conflict, the priority must be to pacify...
In Russia, it was customary to understand the West as the Euro-Atlantic unity, that is, the alliance between the United States and Western Europe. Today, it has become quite obvious that this alliance is no more: both sides share numerous differences, first of all, their position on the Ukrainian conflict – Trump wants to achieve a settlement, while most Eur...
In 2025, strategic minerals, particularly rare earth elements (REEs), have once again entered the global spotlight. This is largely due to the policies of the 47th President of the United States, D. Trump, whose strategic calculus is not limited to Ukrainian REEs (which, admittedly, are rather scarce both in absolute and relative terms), but extends to Austr...
The events in the Middle East in recent months related to the successes of the Israel Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria, have, in one way or another, significantly undermined Iran’s position in the region. It cannot be said that Tehran lost the battle to Tel Aviv, but the active military and political support of the United States for Israel...
Even after being released from Israeli prisons, Palestinians cannot feel free. They are hunted, intimidated, rearrested, and killed. This is not mere retaliation—it is part of a long-term strategy of preemptive destruction. Israel’s military machine, supported by the West, has turned Palestinian lives into a living hell, where every day could be their last. ...
Lavrov made it crystal clear that his government views the conflict in Ukraine as a war between the US and Russia. This is despite the fact that the Trump administration is trying to portray itself as an honest broker between Russia and Ukraine in seeking a cease-fire. How can anyone doubt Lavrov’s assessment? The US has been behind the steady advancement of...
For a month, the accumulation of critical events around the United States, Ukraine and the European Union has been difficult to interpret because each power has been advancing in disguise. European leaders assume a stupid air by assuring that they continue to support the Ukrainian integral nationalists while Washington and Moscow have already agreed on a pea...