Factum Perspective: Decolonisation Delayed – The Ongoing Struggle for the Chagos Islands
2025-03-31
By Hannes Romare Exclusive to Factum and Newswire from EPIS Thinktank on Foreign and Security Policy The Chagos Islands, orContinue Reading
Factum Perspective : Duterte Under Arrest
2025-03-17
By Jayson Cainglet At 09:20 (Manila Time) on the morning of March 11, 2025, the Prosecutor General of the InternationalContinue Reading
Factum Perspective: From Foreign Aid to Local Solutions – Can Sri Lanka Fill the USAID Gap?
2025-03-10
By Niruni de Mel Imagine a rural community in Sri Lanka where a once-thriving agricultural initiative suddenly comes to aContinue Reading
Factum Perspective: How digital spaces are redefining democracy in the 2024 election
2024-11-11
By Manuja Wijesuriya 2024 is a significant year for global elections, with many countries across different continents holding elections thisContinue Reading
Factum Special Perspective: Testing time for India’s foreign policy
2024-11-01
By P. K. Balachandran India has reached a stage where it sees itself as a power that can pursue itsContinue Reading
Factum Perspective: Out of the abyss and into BRICS
2024-10-28
By Shiran Illanperuma From October 22 to 24, the 16th BRICS summit was held in Kazan, Russia. Alongside the coreContinue Reading
Factum Perspective: 2024 Sri Lankan Elections – The Momentous Rise of the Populist Left
2024-10-14
By Ramindu Perera On September 23, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the 56-year-old leftist leader of the National People Power (NPP) wasContinue Reading
Factum Special Perspective: The Opening of a New Political Leadership and Political Culture in Sri Lanka
2024-10-04
By Rear Admiral Y. N. Jayarathna (Retd) The recently held presidential election in Sri Lanka has opened the doors forContinue Reading
Factum Perspective: Forging Digital and Maritime Futures
2024-06-10
By Flavia Gunarathna In a series of diplomatic and technological engagements, Sri Lanka seems to be taking strides towards enhancingContinue Reading
Factum Special Perspective : India Goes to the Polls
2024-06-06
By Aavin Abeydeera On June 1, the world’s largest democratic exercise came to a close. India’s general elections ran forContinue Reading
Factum Perspective: All the President’s Men
2024-06-03
By Sanja de Silva Jayatilleka New Institutions in the Economic Transformation Bill The recent gazette on Economic Transformation, Part IIContinue Reading
Factum Perspective: What Raisi’s Death Means
2024-05-26
By Nilanthan Niruthan The unexpected and tragic death of Ebrahim Raisi reveals the true brutality of geopolitics. While basic compassionContinue Reading
Factum Perspective: The Rise of Emerging African Powers
2023-09-18
By Britney Martil A New Economic Paradigm: African Powers on the Rise The emergence of new economic powerhouses within AfricaContinue Reading
Factum Perspective: Rethinking US-Sri Lanka ties
2023-04-24
By Uditha Devapriya During a visit to Sri Lanka on December 14, 2015, then US Under Secretary of State forContinue Reading
Factum Perspective: Abuses of anti-terrorism legislation – Four case studies
2023-04-17
By Deneth Rajapaksha Anti-terrorism laws are designed to defend citizens from terrorist activities and to uphold national security. Unfortunately, inContinue Reading
Factum Special Perspective: The Anti-Terrorism Bill
2023-04-13
By Jagath Liyanarachchi The “Anti-Terrorism Bill” has been gazetted on 22 March 2023 to repeal the Prevention of Terrorism (TemporaryContinue Reading
Factum Special Perspective: The troubled history of Sri Lanka – DPRK relations
2023-04-05
By Chandani Kirinde The emphasis of the United Front (UF) government of Mrs Sirimavo Bandaranaike, which took office in MayContinue Reading
Factum Perspective: A new dawn for the Middle East
2023-04-03
By Deshani Samaragunarathna ألا هو لا دان (Ala ho la dan) Look who we are, we are the dreamers –Continue Reading