Tamils should ask themselves - is it realpolitik and not moral imperatives drive policy decisions in foreign capitals?

Any meaningful steps toward a viable peace process, let alone a stable peace, must start with the demilitarization of Tamil areas.

The unprecedented violence in Sri Lanka’s Northeast is forcing the government of President Mahinda Rajapakse to abandon its hardline stances on the peace process.

India will have to overcome its anathema for the LTTE and accept the primacy of the Tigers in the Tamil polity.

A resident of Nallur, Jaffna responds to criticism in Sri Lankan newspapers of the Tamil boycott of last November’s Presidential election.

What is forcing US and India into each other’s arms?

The co-chairs of the Sri Lankan peace process will become complicit by their silence.

Who benefits from instability and communal tension between Tamil and Muslims and who does not?

While Colombo has been increasingly engaged in portraying Tamils’ struggle for self-determination as ‘terrorism’ in international fora taking advantage of the changed political climate following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and the consequent war on terrorism, Liberation Tigers have exhibited genuine desire to adhere to the international human rights standards by closely engaging with UN agencies,

Optimism stemming from Rajapakse’s reversal on Norway’s role as facilitator is untenable.