Is Washington heading towards UN’s exit door?
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Judging by the mass US withdrawal from 66 UN entities, including UN conventions and international treaties*, is it remotely possible that the unpredictable Trump administration may one day decide to pull out of the UN and force the Secretariat out of New York—despite the 1947 UN-US headquarters agreement? [...]
Holistic and inclusive path to development – Book Review
By Dr Minna Thaheer Yhe idea of discussing a book by an economist acknowledged as a masterly scholar and practitioner by his peers is quite unnerving for a non-economist. Hearing Dr Nimal Sanderatne’s book praised by other distinguished economists associated with the Gamani Corea Foundation—an institution founded by the legendary economist and statesman Dr Gamani [...]
‘The Heritage of the Homeland Trampled by a Superpower – Palestine’ book launched
The Sri Lanka Committee for Solidarity with Palestine (SLCSP) and the Embassy of the State of Palestine to Sri Lanka hosted a literary and cultural programme titled ‘Echoes of Palestine’ on Tuesday, January 13, at the Lighthouse Auditorium of the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute, Colombo 7. The book, The Heritage of the Homeland Trampled by a [...]
The system Sri Lanka needs to prevent future disasters
By Dr Muhammadhn Khalid Cyclone Ditwah struck Sri Lanka with a scale of destruction that overwhelmed the country. The rainfall was extraordinary, but the tragedy was not purely the work of nature. What unfolded was the result of long-standing weaknesses in how Sri Lanka plans for, manages, and responds to floods and related hazards. Now [...]
A gangster’s-eye view of global power
By Jayati Ghosh, PROJECT SYNDICATE, EXCLUSIVE TO THE SUNDAY TIMES IN SRI LANKA NEW DELHI – There is a method behind the apparent madness of US President Donald Trump’s transactional, spheres-of-influence approach to geopolitics and the global economy. Nowhere has this logic been clearer than in his administration’s illegal abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro [...]