Trump’s “America First” foreign policy faces an unceremonious burial
UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The ouster of Donald Trump from the US presidency last week may well be the dawn of a new era for multilateralism – and perhaps for a besieged United Nations — after nearly four years of misguided political rhetoric emerging from the White House. As a hard-core unilateralist, Trump was openly [...]
Punishing the miserable
The police spokesman gleefully announced that 1,633 people were arrested in October for violating quarantine and curfew orders. Did he just reflect upon their reason for transgressing the orders? Did they not breach the orders in search of livelihood for their families? What would be the plight of the families of poor daily wage earners, [...]
Sri Lanka’s constitutional changes: A journey through history
In recent times, much attention has been focused on the subject of constitutional changes in the media. During the last presidential election, which Gotabaya Rajapaksa won comfortably, he asked the people to give him a two-thirds majority to abolish the 19th Amendment of the Constitution and draft an entirely new Constitution replacing the 1978 Constitution [...]
Back to liberal American hegemony
HAMBURG – After four years of Donald Trump, his impending departure has sent hopes soaring. The Great Disruptor will be replaced by Joe Biden, an internationalist and institutionalist. He likes Europe and NATO, and, unlike Trump, he will treat America’s friends better than its traditional foes, including by honoring free trade. In the realm of [...]