Sri Lanka Perspectives by Col R Hariharan Assesses the impact of Gulf War 3.0 on the Island nation caught on the active periphery of the conflict   War in perspective   The plight of Sri Lanka, an island nation of about 23 million people caught in the after effect of a war in faraway Iran and GCC countries (Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirate - UAE) reminds one of Satyajit Ray’s acclaimed 1973 film Asani Sanket (Distant Thunder). The movie depicts the...

Col R Hariharan’s Sri Lanka Perspectives February 2026 a comprehensive examination of impact of  arrest of Sri Lanka’s former intelligence chief Major General Suresh Salley Will the arrest of Sri Lanka’s former intelligence chief Major General Suresh Salley in the last week of the month, in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks that killed nearly 270 people, bring to a closure of cases pending for the last seven years? I am not too sure because Gen Salley’s arrest is under the...

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake   Col R Hariharan in Sri Lanka Perspectives January 2026 highlights the trajectory of Sri Lanka's external and internal dynamics in the year ahead with prospects and challenges   Sri Lanka had weathered political, economic and climatic maelstrom in the last three years after the Aragalaya – spontaneous uprising of the people - dethroned the Rajapaksas from power in 2022.  During the last two years President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and his...