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by Tuan
19 Sep 2023 08:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 1867
Views: 414021

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

Also happening in Canada...
Court orders review of former informant's human rights complaint against spy agency
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/court-co ... -1.6970875
by Tuan
24 Aug 2023 00:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

Re: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis

From the Eyes of a Tiger: Schizo-affect resulting from being a former child soldier – Part III Despite relying on one man as the sole decision-maker and supreme leader, the LTTE had a central committee facilitating the organization’s policymaking. The central committee of the LTTE believed that the...
by Tuan
25 Jul 2023 10:49
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

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India-Sri Lanka to explore petroleum line, a land bridge to boost economic ties https://www.wionews.com/videos/india-sri-lanka-to-explore-petroleum-line-land-bridge-to-boost-economic-ties-618489 From a geostrategic, geopolitical, and geoeconomics point of view, successfully implementing this idea h...
by Tuan
24 Jun 2023 04:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

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.. Primarily, he comes off as a good actor who sees the continuing need for India's misplaced benevolence and is more than willing to sing for his supper The script seems familiar... now where have i seen that movie recently.. :) Be that as it may, we can work with him. As long as he knows that he ...
by Tuan
10 Apr 2023 02:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

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Sri Lankan Church still seeking justice for 2019 Easter Sunday bombings - Vatican News As Sri Lankan Christians mark four years since the Easter Sunday bombings which killed 261 people, the local Church continues to allege a cover-up and seek justice by calling for a UN-led international investigat...
by Tuan
09 Apr 2023 08:46
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

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If China has Little Blue Men -- so why shouldn't we? In the same vein, I could question if China conducted military drills in its neighbourhood around Taiwan, then why has India not conducted military drills in its neighbourhood around Sri Lanka, instead of conducting joint exercises with Sri Lanka...
by Tuan
09 Apr 2023 04:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

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This had better just be a false alarm, and had better not be an actual plan ybqiJO4N82g 6HXeIv7w6uc If this ever materializes, then we should straight-up dress up our own military personnel as LTTE and call it "Eelam War V" - and then proceed to rack up a very high Han bodycount. It's not...
by Tuan
27 Feb 2023 00:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
Replies: 1776
Views: 570897

Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015

TUan, Para 2 you quoted is what the U.S. has been doing low key since decades, and very actively since 2014. And look where it has got us. So whats the point ? Over the last 20 years or even more, U.S. foreign policy and its military doctrine have been in parallel with and are defined by the "...
by Tuan
26 Feb 2023 22:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
Replies: 1776
Views: 570897

Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015

Thoughts on the Russo-Ukrainian War https://projectofive.ca/2023/02/25/thoughts-on-the-russo-ukrainian-war/ [...]Besides, the US-led NATO must pledge robust psychological warfare projects (PSYWAR), or the fundamental aspects of modern psychological operations (PsyOp), including military information...
by Tuan
17 Feb 2023 05:59
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

Re: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis

More on Morogoda: Pawns of Peace Evaluation of Norwegian peace efforts in Sri Lanka, 1997-2009 Who has received the Norwegian funds? In 1999 the DAC codes changed and the codes prior to 1999 and after is not directly comparable. The classification and the descriptions of the projects also seem to ha...
by Tuan
17 Feb 2023 05:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

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If it is Indian funds paying for his renewable energy project so that he can sell back to India at a profit, why is this fellow making it appear like he is doing us a favour. We need to be wary of these guys, ensure that they don't subcontract to Chinese or buy Chinese equipment etc and always keep...
by Tuan
16 Feb 2023 08:41
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

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Sri Lanka, India to sign power grid linking pact within two months. Sri Lanka and India will sign a pact to link their power grids and start negotiations on an upgraded trade agreement within two months, a Sri Lankan diplomat said on Wednesday, as the island nation seeks a way out of its worst econ...
by Tuan
26 Jan 2023 07:37
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

Re: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis

simply stated, India says and also wants that a terrorist in one country should be treated as a terrorist in all countries across the globe and be subject to a common legal/police action if apprehended anywhere in other countries after commission of an offence in any country You overlooked the obvi...
by Tuan
20 Jan 2023 00:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

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By the same logic, are you ok with equating LTTE with Taliban and ISIS? Let me quote my article once again. During an interview, LTTE's political ideologue Anton Balasingham once stated that "in the context of the war on terror, any non-state actor, who are terrorists according to one nation-s...
by Tuan
19 Jan 2023 22:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

Re: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis

Tuan, I don't know the veracity of the things claimed in that article, especially about Subhash Chandra Bose, and the SL civil war - I'm not a historian, but there is a false equivalence being drawn between Indians fighting coloniser British in India and Srilankan Tamil's violence and terrorism aga...
by Tuan
19 Jan 2023 03:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

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From the Eyes of a Tiger: Schizo-affect resulting from being a former child soldier – Part III https://projectofive.ca/2023/01/18/from-the-eyes-of-a-tiger-schizo-affect-resulting-from-being-a-former-child-soldier-part-iii/ Daily guilt, persistent nightmares resulting from my involvement in the civi...
by Tuan
15 Jan 2023 07:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

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Sri Lanka ex-leader ordered to compensate Easter bombing victims https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/12/court-rules-sri-lanka-ex-leader-failed-to-stop-easter-attacks Supreme Court finds former President Maithripala Sirisena and four other officials were responsible for failing to prevent the dead...
by Tuan
09 Jan 2023 02:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

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From the Eyes of a Tiger: The OSINT as a catalyst for terrorists – Part II https://projectofive.ca/2023/01/08/from-the-eyes-of-a-tiger-the-osint-as-a-catalyst-for-terrorists-part-ii/ The collection, selection, and exploitation of OSINT are impossible to counter in the face of a well-structured and d...
by Tuan
05 Jan 2023 02:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

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My latest article for the Project O Five blog:

From the Eyes of a Tiger: International Dimensions of the Sri Lankan civil war – Part I
https://projectofive.ca/2023/01/04/from ... ar-part-i/
by Tuan
23 Dec 2022 07:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

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X posted from the political thread Now you know why Indian "fishermen" and Indian "fishing boats" are to be found deep in srilankan waters, where they have no bleddy business to be. The abrahamic supported separatists and the LTTE operating out of dravida nadu are the primary mo...
by Tuan
12 Aug 2022 06:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

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https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/sri-lanka-asks-china-for-help-with-trade-investment-and-tourism/articleshow/93116904.cms "Sri Lanka has asked China to help with trade, investment and tourism to help it grow sustainably, Colombo's envoy to Beijing said on Mond...
by Tuan
06 Jun 2022 02:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 874825

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

While international media continues to report on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, there is an underlying narrative that merits more attention. In this piece for Project O Five, my colleague Siddhant Hira - a current MA National Security Studies candidate at the Department of War Studies, King’s College...
by Tuan
19 Apr 2022 05:07
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

Re: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis

I am on the BR forum because I consider myself a Global Citizen. I didn't know that posting my views under the "Sri Lanka News and Discussion" thread on an Indian forum would make me a "gora hippy" or a criminal and terrorist. Where did you go to school? Please relearn some neti...
by Tuan
19 Apr 2022 04:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

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As a Sri Lankan Tamil, I am sick and tired of reading you continuously keep "press bashing" and dehumanizing my countrymen, while you say Lankans are anti-Indians. No wonder why? I do understand that we need to fix our country and that is why our citizens are uprising to establish a count...
by Tuan
18 Apr 2022 22:30
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

Re: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis

Don't think so , let them burn their hand , we apply burnol and they remain benevolent from time to time. the combined population of nepal and SL exceeds 52 million Of these 52+ millions, a vast majority are non tax paying and will be a financial, sociopolitical and a heavy cultural drag on India w...
by Tuan
18 Apr 2022 03:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

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Cardinal Ranjith stresses political involvement behind Sri Lanka Easter bombings https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2022-03/sri-lanka-ranjith-acn-press-easter-bombs-political-collusion.html At a recent press conference organized by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), the Sri Lankan Cardinal all...
by Tuan
15 Apr 2022 23:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

Re: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis

I hope both Nepal and Sri Lanka realize they were taken advantage by the Chinese and other Foreigners. Now is the time for them to consider India as their lifeline. At this time, India will be more amenable for better terms, take on debt forgiveness and better integration into the India Union. If t...
by Tuan
14 Apr 2022 07:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

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Nepal needs a similar integration / M&A plan like SL. Timing is also right. Will decrease our need for insulin (armed forces expenditure) due to Sugalland. It is high time for "One India" or "Indian Union" with the entire countries within the subcontinent. India should bring...
by Tuan
14 Apr 2022 06:59
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

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In other words, India needs to take some bold decisions by conducting a cost-benefit analysis by comparing the projected or estimated costs and benefits (or opportunities) associated with annexing or integrating SL to determine whether it makes sense from a strategic and economic perspective. That ...
by Tuan
14 Apr 2022 00:18
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

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China Hesitates on Bailing Out Sri Lanka, Pakistan as Debt Soars https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/china-hesitates-on-bailing-out-sri-lanka-pakistan-as-debt-soars-1.1751613 (Bloomberg) -- Over the past few years, the U.S. has accused China of using “debt diplomacy” to make developing nations across the w...
by Tuan
13 Apr 2022 07:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

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^^^ When countries like China annex Sinkiang, Tibet, artificial islands, covet the entire SCS, the world almost accepts the fait accompli. They have occupied Aksai Chin and keep intruding into Ladak and all we can do is protest and spend heavily to defend the territory. The Chinese have bamboozled ...
by Tuan
10 Apr 2022 20:41
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

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Easter Sunday bombings were Islamist orchestrated by Pakistan. Sri Lankan cardinal laments slow pace, possible corruption in Easter attacks investigation https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/250746/sri-lankan-cardinal-laments-slow-pace-possible-corruption-in-easter-attacks-investigation The Arch...
by Tuan
10 Apr 2022 04:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

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Even if Gotabaya Rajapakshe resigns, and a regime change takes place, the crisis will be ongoing. The plausible seneario then would be (1) US led IMF bailout, (2) a Chinese takeover of SL (3) Pro-LTTE and economically powerful Tamil diaspora interference (4) Indian led initiative, who has a moral an...
by Tuan
08 Apr 2022 05:33
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8704
Views: 2264766

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Across South Asia, U.S. and India Push Back Against China
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/04/06/us ... opolitics/
Beijing’s strategic initiatives on the subcontinent are sputtering.
by Tuan
05 Apr 2022 08:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Sri Lanka - News and Discussion- Post PM appointment crisis
Replies: 1755
Views: 391473

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^^^The above video overlooks the obvious. Successive SL governments have deviously played all great powers since independence. The Rajapakshe clan, however, had dug their own grave by orchestrating the false flag Easter Sunday bombings to get into power, whereby they hammered the final nail in the c...