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Dec 6, 2024 | 
globalissues.org | Neville de Silva
LONDON, Dec 06 (IPS) - On 26 December 2004 a powerful Asian tsunami swept over many of Sri Lanka’s coastal provinces, killing thousands of people and wildlife, devastating habitats and even washing away a trainload of passengers far from the rail tracks. Almost 20 years later, on November 14 this year, another tsunami struck, sweeping across the country in an unprecedented wave that mesmerised many of the 22 million population. But this was a tsunami of a different kind.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Neville de Silva
Book Review | A Deep Dive into “New History” of India and its Eastern NeighbourhoodSheikh Hasina’s dramatic ouster as Prime Minister of Bangladesh on August 5 this year after weeks of student protests evoked at the time comparisons …
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
ipsnews.net | Neville de Silva
Asia-Pacific, Democracy, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Headlines, Human Rights, Population, Poverty & SDGs, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Reprint| | Print|LONDON, Dec 6 2024 (IPS) - On 26 December 2004 a powerful Asian tsunami swept over many of Sri Lanka’s coastal provinces, killing thousands of people and wildlife, devastating habitats and even washing away a trainload of passengers far from the rail tracks.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
asianaffairs.co.uk | Tanya Vatsa |Yvonne Gill |Neville de Silva
China has launched fresh military drills around Taiwan, sending jets and warships in a ‘warning’ to ‘separatists’ on the self-ruled island. The October 14 manoeuvres are the latest show of force by Beijing, which regards Taiwan as its territory and has sworn to take it back – by force if necessary.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
asianaffairs.co.uk | Tanya Vatsa |Yvonne Gill |Neville de Silva
In the wake of Russia’s Nov. 21 IRBM strike against Ukraine, Tanya Vatsa assesses the wider global impact of the conflict, and how mediation may hold the only key to ending it The Russia-Ukraine war, now in its extended phase, is no longer a localised confrontation but a geopolitical vortex pulling in global actors and reshaping international power dynamics.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
asianaffairs.co.uk | Tanya Vatsa |Yvonne Gill |Neville de Silva
The global climate crisis, the severity of its threat to South Asia and measures that can be taken to counter it were themes for discussion at The Democracy Forum’s latest webinar Generating political will to address climate change in South Asia and beyond may be an even greater challenge than climate change itself, and there is an urgent need for better climate change education and communication.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
asianaffairs.co.uk | Yvonne Gill |Neville de Silva |M J Akbar |Amit Agnihotri
Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s statement that no anti-China activities will be allowed in the country should be seen in the context of the aggressive diplomatic offensive that Beijing has been involved in over a period of more than a year.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
asianaffairs.co.uk | Neville de Silva |Yvonne Gill |Richard Gregson
Dancing with many partners Former Netherlands’ prime minister Mark Rutte takes the helm of the world’s most formidable military alliance
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
asianaffairs.co.uk | Yvonne Gill |Richard Gregson |Tanya Vatsa |Neville de Silva
Yvonne Gill evaluates the tough challenges Iran’s new moderate president faces as he attempts to steer a course that will satisfy the Iranian people, the country’s hardliners, and foreign powers Even as he struck a conciliatory note in his first address to the UN General Assembly, Iran’s new moderate President Masoud Pezeshkian was jolted by the fresh airstrikes carried out by Israel in Dahieh, Hezbollah’s stronghold in the Lebanese capital. The bombings, like the ones targeting leaders of...
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
asianaffairs.co.uk | Richard Gregson |Yvonne Gill |Tanya Vatsa |Neville de Silva
In light of his party’s previous antipathy towards India and affinity with China, Richard Gregson ponders how Sri Lanka’s first Marxist president will manage the relationships Few people realised back in February that an unassuming Sri Lankan politician then visiting India on an official invitation would, mere months later, make history as the island nation’s first Marxist president.
