Sri Lanka’s new terrorism bill must be judged by both the security it provides and the constitutional discipline under which that security is exercised Sri Lanka has once again reached a critical point in the long debate over how a…
Pujitha Jayasundara and Hemasiri Fernando after convicted. Abstract This article examines the legal standards governing criminal negligence liability of senior public officials under Sri Lankan law, with particular reference to the July 2026 convictions and death sentences imposed on former…
Picture of M.H.M. Ashraf The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) has placed a broad set of political, religious, educational and institutional demands before the Government. Adopted at its 32nd General Delegates’ Conference, the resolutions call for greater Muslim participation in…
Jayantha Dhanapala, B.S.A. Tahir and the Strategic Questions Behind Sri Lanka’s International Role Sri Lanka’s place in the history of international security is more complex than its geographical size might suggest. During the Cold War, the island occupied an unusual…
New Delhi, September 19 — India’s first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, INS Arihant, successfully carried out a full sequence of K-15 missile trials, including challenging salvo launches, a former senior naval officer has disclosed. Speaking on the NDTV podcast Ctrl+Alt+Defence,…
The strategic transformation from information collection to intelligence fusion New Delhi/Jammu — A recent development in India illustrates how counter-terrorism is increasingly moving beyond the identification of individual attackers towards the disruption of entire terrorist networks. In September 2026, a…
Jammu, September 19: In a significant development underscoring the National Investigation Agency’s high-quality intelligence gathering and swift operational response, a special NIA court here has issued a non-bailable warrant against Saifullah, a Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander accused of orchestrating and…
U.S. Maximum-Pressure Campaign Seeks to Constrain Iran’s Missile, Nuclear and Proxy Capabilities WASHINGTON — The United States is intensifying pressure on Iran and the network of states and commercial actors that help sustain Tehran’s strategic capabilities, with particular attention to…
21 August 2026 Violence linked to Islamist groups has killed nearly 17,300 people and produced more than 6,500 recorded security incidents across five major African conflict zones in the first seven and a half months of 2026, according to new…
Editor’s Note: The term “Chaos Pendulum Theory” was first introduced by M.I. Sahabandu as an interpretive concept within discussions on intelligence analysis and strategic studies. It is used as a working analytical framework to describe patterns in which political, social,…