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  • Eastern Provincial Council Elections: A First Step Towards Final Settlement?
    N Manoharan.    ·   19 May, 2008    ·    #2570    ·    Commentary    
    After a gap of 20 years, polls for the de-merged Eastern Province took place on 10 May 2008 to usher a "new dawn in the East". A total of 1342 candidates belonging to 18 parties and 56 independent groups contested the 37 seats in the thre ...
  • Local Polls in Batticaloa: How Significant?
    N Manoharan.    ·   28 Mar, 2008    ·    #2528    ·    Commentary    
    The government of Sri Lanka, after clearing the eastern parts of the island (comprising the districts of Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Amparai) from LTTE control, successfully conducted local elections in Batticaloa on 10 March 2008. Altogether, poll ...
  • Facets of Internal Displacement in Sri Lanka
    N Manoharan.    ·   29 Feb, 2008    ·    #2502    ·    Commentary    
    In terms of both the absolute numbers and the proportion of population, conflict-induced displacement of people in Sri Lanka is one of the largest in the world. In the recent confrontation between the LTTE and the government forces that has gained ...
  • Ceasing the Ceasefire in Sri Lanka
    N Manoharan.    ·   30 Jan, 2008    ·    #2479    ·    Commentary    
    The government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) has blinked first by officially abrogating the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) it signed with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) nearly six years ago with effect from 16 January 2008. The GOSL's unil ...
  • Sri Lanka: The Way Ahead
    .    ·   31 Dec, 2007    ·    #2456    ·    Commentary    
    Report of Discussion with delegation of Tamil leaders from Sri Lanka held at the IPCS on 22 December 2007 Delegation Members: Mr V Anandasangareee, President, Tamil United Liberation Front Mr D Siddharthan, Chief, People's Liberati ...
  • BIMSTEC: A Dead End?
    Julien Levesque.    ·   23 Nov, 2007    ·    #2425    ·    Commentary    
    To advance its "Look East" policy, India used multilateralism as a primary tool. Apart from becoming a dialogue partner of ASEAN, New Delhi also took part in other organizations, such as the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral and ...
  • 'High Security Zones' in Sri Lanka
    N Manoharan.    ·   25 Jun, 2007    ·    #2321    ·    Commentary    
    The recent setting up of new 'High Security Zones' in Sampur and Muttur areas of eastern Sri Lanka has brought to light issues revolving around these 'Zones': what is the rationale behind them? what are their side effects? Hav ...
  • Action above Ideology for Black Sea Tigers
    MR Narayan Swamy.    ·   11 Jun, 2007    ·    #2311    ·    Commentary    
    Most accounts of LTTE guerrillas are based on impressions others have of them. LTTE fighters may speak if reporters bump into them on the battlefield. But that is very rare. In February and April this year, around 10 Tigers were arrested off Tamil ...
  • Sri Lanka: Back to War?
    .    ·   15 May, 2007    ·    #2291    ·    Commentary    
    Report of the IPCS Seminar held on 11 May 2007 Speaker: Prof. P Sahadevan,                South Asia Studies Division, Jawaharlal Nehru University Everyone is convince ...
  • LTTE's Air Power
    Prashant Dikshit.    ·   30 Mar, 2007    ·    #2245    ·    Commentary    
    When two piston engine aircraft of the LTTE dropped a few bombs on Sri Lanka's Katunayake air base in the early hours of Tuesday, 26 March 2007, shock and awe waves seem to have permeated the South Asian region. The Indian media reacted by expr ...
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