Chinese are busy looking up ‘What does declaring bankruptcy mean’ after Sri Lanka economic crisis
Chinese nationalists saw the Sri Lankan crisis and protests as a US-backed ‘coup’. And Xi govt wants to play ‘positive role’ By Aadil Brar As the massive protest in Colombo made headlines worldwide, the news spread across Chinese state media and social media platforms. Sri Lanka declaring national bankruptcy and the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa [...]
Can the US win the new Cold War?
By Minxin Pei, exclusively for the Sunday Times in Sri Lanka US President Joe Biden has framed America’s confrontation with China and Russia as an open-ended contest between democracy and autocracy. If that is true, an American victory will depend not only on the country’s ability to outcompete its adversaries, but also on its success [...]
What’s in Saudi Arabia’s foreign policy wish list
By Tarek Osman, exclusive to the Sunday Times, Sri Lanka LONDON – For the past five years or so, Saudi Arabia was either following the United Arab Emirates or simply absent on all key strategic issues in the Gulf, the Middle East, and North Africa. But the Kingdom has now reemerged as a leading regional [...]
Have the three Big Bangs blasted out the Rajapaksa star forever?
The Rajapaksa political star has been shining in Sri Lanka’s political skies for some years but whether it has survived the three Big Bangs on the 9th day of three consecutive months—May, June and July — is not yet certain. At the time of writing these comments, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s letter of resignation as president [...]