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From Visionary to Bystander: How ITAK has forgotten its historic roots
  Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), the largest Tamil party in Sri Lanka and once a pioneer of Tamil nationalism in the first decades after the independence of Ceylon, has strayed far from its historic mission. Founded in 1949 as the Federal Party, ITAK was born out of the necessity to challenge the Sinhala-Buddhist majoritarianism that sought to dismantle the political and cultural…

End of Whose History?

Nov 10, 2009
Kishore Mahbubani

The 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall has just been celebrated. For many, that momentous event marked the so-called end of history and the final victory of the West.

 

Treat Tamil asylum seekers by the book

Oct 27, 2009
Lead Story
Canada's immigration minister is talking tough over the disposition of 76 Sri Lankan men who were intercepted off the B. C. coast

Children in Sri Lanka’s Concentration Camps

Oct 27, 2009
Peter Schalk
Children held in "welfare camps".

A view framed by barbed wire

Oct 13, 2009
The fate of a quarter of a million interned Tamils is poisoning Sri Lanka’s hopes of ethnic reconciliation

Behind the Sri Lankan bloodbath

Oct 13, 2009
Brahma Chellaney
Colombo's victory over the Tamils shows India's power on the wane.

The road to stability in Afghanistan runs through Pakistan and India

Oct 13, 2009
Joshua Gross
Examining the role of Pakistan and India in stabilising Afghanistan

Why peace seems elusive in Sri Lanka

Sep 29, 2009
Brahma Chellaney
Four months after crushing the Tamil Tigers, the Sri Lankan government is still unable to define peace, even as it has embarked on the further expansion of an already-large military.

War's over, but what about peace?

Sep 29, 2009
Lakhdar Brahimi & Edward Mortimer
Lakhdar Brahimi and Edward Mortimer examine the prospects for peace in Sri Lanka

Colombo risks squandering Sri Lanka's hard-won peace

Sep 29, 2009
Brahma Chellaney
If Sri Lanka is to become a tropical paradise again, it must build enduring peace. This will only occur through genuine interethnic equality, and a transition from being a unitary state to being a federation that grants provincial and local autonomy.

Colombo's paranoid secrecy

Sep 29, 2009
Prof. Kumar David

What Ranil, Mangala and Mano Ganesan said on 3 September at a Platform for Freedom Press Conference on the IDP issue was fairly widely covered in the print and electronic media, but three other contributors, Siritunga Jayasuriya, Nimalka Fernando and Herman Kumara failed to attract coverage. They were more sharp and interesting, but not being parliamentarians, I guess, less news worthy. I will focus on them to redress this imbalance.

End of Whose History?
Treat Tamil asylum seekers by the book
Children in Sri Lanka’s Concentration Camps
A view framed by barbed wire
Behind the Sri Lankan bloodbath
The road to stability in Afghanistan runs through Pakistan and India
Why peace seems elusive in Sri Lanka
War's over, but what about peace?
Colombo risks squandering Sri Lanka's hard-won peace
Colombo's paranoid secrecy
End of Whose History?
Treat Tamil asylum seekers by the book
Children in Sri Lanka’s Concentration Camps
A view framed by barbed wire
Behind the Sri Lankan bloodbath
The road to stability in Afghanistan runs through Pakistan and India
Why peace seems elusive in Sri Lanka
War's over, but what about peace?
Colombo risks squandering Sri Lanka's hard-won peace
Colombo's paranoid secrecy