International Relations of Sri Lanka

      E nvironmentalists are at an extreme end with Gotabaya Government and Basil Rajapaksha. They seem come a little bit of short to understand that development cannot be achieved without one form being transformed to another, whether it be a road or a bridge. Finding a middle path is a too much of a compromise to them. The country needs a conceptual change about the utilisation of natural resources, development and developer. H ow could a state build houses, cities, skyscrapers, roads and highways without mining crude oil, sand, gravel and soil? How could a state be self-sufficient, competitive and industrialised with its farming without some deforestations? Cannot the state nurture mud crabs in mangroves without destroying its eco system? Cannot a part of lagoon host an attractive harbour for leisure crafts and be an eco-tourism hotspot at the same time? Will such developments ruin their eco systems completely? Gotabaya Government has to utilise all the resources the...

What is this all about?  Ryan Goodman, a professor of Law of Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz at New York University, points out that the Sri Lankan Model of counterinsurgency and counterterrorism strategy (CC Strategy) is a real threat to the US counterinsurgency and counterterrorism strategy and US' interests.  He advices the relevant US authorities to release the details of interception of Gotabaya's phone record to US Justice Department in order to facilitate the indictment of Gotabaya in the US as a US citizen. If there has been interceptions of Gotabaya's communications there are  indeed has been illegal intersections. Goodman does not care about the fact that they are illegal.  In this series of article I will discuss the following questions: How come the Sri Lankan ( Gota') Model pose a real threat to US' model of CC Strategy/Operations? What compromise has Goodman made to the real accounts which unfolded on the ground of Wanni in the final phase of guerri...