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(Part I of this article appeared on 04 June) by Laleen Jayamanne A.J. Gunawardena wrote art criticism for The Island newspaper under the pseudonym Jayadeva. In his 1997 (22/6) review of Sarath Chandrajeewa’s third solo exhibition, ‘Art in Pottery’ (sponsored by the Lionel Wendt Gallery and Nihal Fernando of Studio Times), he lays out a […]
The Biden administration is preparing for the Summit for Democracy. While there are positive signs, Washington must engage with these countries and the rest of the world on a deeper level to compete with China.
Surrendering Taiwan (And Sri Lanka) Could Cause US To Suffer Its Own Century Of Humiliation In the popular narrative of the Chinese history, the Qing Dynasty ceded Hong Kong to Great Britain in the wake of the First Opium War (1839-42). It ushered in a century of humiliation in which China was picked apart and forced to make degrading concessions to foreign powers. This historic event marked the most pivotal juncture of an epoch-making transformation in China. Today, the surrender of the strategically important territory once under the suzerainty or protection of a Western great power can hav...
Students Can Save America's Foreign Policy Agenda 08.Feb.2021 9:00 AM . 8 min read During the 2020 presidential campaign, then-candidate Joe Biden promised to forgive US$10,000 in student loans per borrower. This was promised against the backdrop of an upsurge in media coverage on the burden of loan forgiveness and drawbacks to cutting investments in higher education in the United States. Yet, hardly anyone analyzes both the tangible and intangible benefits that investing in the next generation can have upon strengthening American national security and foreign policy interests. At a...
For Sri Lankans Who Are In Limbo Due To China & America Conflict Ernest Kithsiri According to Dr.Kishore Mahbubhani, until 1800 China and India were the biggest economies in the world. Since they were the countries with biggest populations, we can assume above statement has some validity. Since 1800, above status began to change due to the Industrial revolution in Europe and America, which he considers as an “aberration”. He further believes, this anomaly should correct itself with the rise of China and thereafter India. Will we ever see it? In 1950, in PPP terms, Americas GDP share (as a...