Articles By Dr Punsara Amarasinghe
Revisiting the Shadows of British Intelligence Agencies in Sri Lanka : Good,...
By: Dr Punsara Amarasinghe | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Sep , 2023
The past couple of decades have seen the robust growth of the new branch of international affairs, the serious study of intelligence services through the prism of history. Given such a...
Debunking Channel 4: How RAW and SIS worked together to prevent Easter...
By: Dr Punsara Amarasinghe | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Sep , 2023
The recent video documentary released by Channel 4 in the UK is akin to a good tale told by a storyteller full of sound and fury, but signifying nothing. It is a basic principle in media ethics...
In praise of folly: How lifting the ban on Islamic radical organizations can...
By: Dr Punsara Amarasinghe | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Jul , 2023
Sri Lanka witnessed its first brutal experience from the Islamic fundamentalism in 2019 April, which was known as “Easter attacks” resulted in more than 250 civilians’deaths including...
Relevance of Indo-centrcism for a strategic culture in Sri Lankan national...
By: Dr Punsara Amarasinghe | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Jun , 2023
The concept of strategic culture has derived from the phrase political culture as it is the task of the political culture of a country to determine the state’s attitude towards peace and...
Display of Ideology through the Architecture: The Case of the US Embassy in...
By: Dr Punsara Amarasinghe | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 Apr , 2023
The role of architecture and the built environment -more generally for political – is evidenced from the most ancient times throughout history. When British ruled India, their concern in...
Can India stave off the waves of anarchism in Sri Lanka?
By: Dr Punsara Amarasinghe | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Jul , 2022
“At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst”. The very words uttered by Greek thinker Aristotle seems to be conspicuous in describing the...
Indo-Sino geopolitical strategies in Sri Lanka through the lenses of Buddhism
By: Dr Punsara Amarasinghe | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 May , 2022
When Mackinder coined the phrase “Heartland Theory” in 1904, the importance of Sri Lanka as a strategic location was not widely recognized by the European powers. However, today the gravity of...
How Trinity College Kandy in Sri Lanka moulded two great sons of India?
By: Dr Punsara Amarasinghe | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Oct , 2021
Retrospection of the British empire and the legacy it implanted in the colonies are filled with a sense of grey feelings as the overarching effects of imperialism distorted the nations by pushing...
How Israeli diplomatic ties were reversed in Sri Lanka? An example on...
By: Dr Punsara Amarasinghe | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Feb , 2021
Since Indian premier Narendra Singh Modi’s historic visit to Israel in 2017, the bilateral relations between India and Israel have been elevated into a strategic partnership with a deep sense of...