International Relations of Sri Lanka

W hat is superior, politics of a nation or law of a nation?  Politics is the foundation of a nation. Law is there to help that just foundation intact from injustice. Power, whether it flows from a mandate of people or from a pure dictator, keeps the order. It seems this simple and primitive natural truth is missing out from the spectrum of Nagananda Kodituwakku’s project for state, which he solely based upon only just law, not on prudence.  There is one crucial issue at stake as Kodituwakku explains. Yaha Palana Government, Karu Yajasuriya to be specific, used a fake argument made by Attorney General Jayantha Jayasuriya to postpone the Provincial Elections in 2017. That Jayantha Jayasuriya did even when there is a Supreme Court determination existed against the 20 th amendment. So, now, does the power of politics allow to circumnavigate a crucial bill like that always? When the power of politics shall bend the law to its own interest. And when it could be justified?...

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...