International Relations of Sri Lanka

T his is a brief behind the story of why US President Biden and South Korean President Moon Jae-in suddenly intensifying their interests in  denuclearisation of North Korea.   “Over a period of three years or so, we killed off [about] 20 percent of [ North Korean] the population,” US Air Force Gen. Curtis LeMay , head of the Strategic Air Command in Korean War.  Don’t you think North Koreans owes its due to Communist Party of China (CPC) and to the people of China for keeping them alive for all these decades? When the WWII ended in August 1945 forces of USSR and the USA had shared the Korea Peninsula, more or less, alone the 38th parallel line. In June 1950 however Seoul was fully at the hand of North Korean Army. Stop and think about it for a second, Seoul was fully at the hand of North Korean Army. The Cold War was brewing. Mainland China was not welcomed in the United Nations. Therefore, the USSR had boycotted the UN Security Council.  President Truman man...

A parable, ‘like democracies hobble across to China’ will be a humiliating one. Open debates, right of dissenting opinions, individual liberties, rationale of individuals and universal rights are founding values of democracies. With those values those democracies are going back and forth about how to develop their survival mechanisms against Communist Party of China (CPC). Weather the issue of GDP’s percentage in defence spending or what is the best European substitute for Xi Jinping’s one belt and one road initiative are determined by going through those reasoning. Meanwhile the CPC has understood for decades that is the very thing it wants to avoid in its decision making. One particular and recent remarks by Nobushige Takamizawa , a senior Japanese bureaucrat, nudges us to the right direction of this article. He stresses out lack of highlight in public opinion regarding why Japan needs to increase its defence spending is as the main reason why Japan cannot increase its defence...

D emands of some parliament members to provide Rishad Bathiudeen, a member of parliament whom is detained and accused of aiding and abetting with Jihadist Easter Sunday Attackers, with immunity under Parliament privileges not only endangers norms and life of state, but also render these members of parliament also aiders and abettors themself demanding so. It seems the definition of terrorism and what it means to be a terrorist is still a vague idea for Sri Lankan politicians. At least some of them are acting like it. That triggers us to ask the question if they are too becoming aiders and abettors of terrorism. For some extent this disillusion is somewhat justified by the fact that not only the US and UN cannot agree on a single definition of what it means to be terrorism. The unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims qualifies the definition. As the monopoly of violence is always held within state apparatuses what is ...

I argue Sri Lanka needs to officially recognise China as Sri Lanka’s Principle Strategic Partner in Indian Ocean. Since Sri Lanka’s relation with China is a very timely topic, I wanted to articulate on this novel idea. Copied from :  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace   Here in Sri Lanka Chinese investments and loans are seen as debt traps by some politicians. A part of the population too is fearing that.  Those who see China as an adversary in the West and beyond is also alleging China is exploiting developing nations like Sri Lanka. In that sense Hambantota Harbour and Colombo Port City project are perceived as pockets of Chinese influence and colonies.  Recent visit of Defence Minister of China, We Fenghe, has also puzzled the international community about Sri Lanka’s relationship with China.  Frist of all we have ask, ok, why not Sri Lanka form her principle strategic partnership with India in Indian Ocean. We are in Indian Ocean after all, right? A...