We have the power and right to develop the necessary infrastructure and military strength to provide security to our people within our homeland.
Resolutely backing Sri Lanka is not going to prevent a war nor deliver a federal solution.
The notion of collective punishment rests on assigning collective responsibility for an action attributed to a representative member of that group.
The international community’s past policies towards Sri Lanka and its failure to revisit fundamental assumptions is fuelling the slide to renewed war.
Which – ethnic harmony or a unitary state – is more important to Sri Lankans?
India has the additional responsibility to meet the expectations of other players in international affairs.
Sri Lanka is not so much a failed state but a state which, if you are not Sinhala, is so defective as to be beyond repair.
The Rajapakse administration is pushing for a new round of conflict - with specific strategic objectives.
What is the wider impact of selective criticism on the norm of human rights?