Opinion

Pentagon’s intelligence failure on China

by Michael T Klare: Michael T Klare says China’s CO2 emissions is the real threat to US security, a point absent from the latest Pentagon report GIVEN the secrecy typically accorded

Sri Lanka: pledges before polls

AFTER much procrastination the election commission has finally decided that local government elections will be held on March 9. The elections to these bodies had already been postponed by a

Breaking addiction to secrets and secrecy

by Melvin Goodman: The mainstream media has done their best to scramble the information on classified documents and the issue of secrecy. Because the media treasures the idea of balance

An ancient recipe for social success

by Linda M Nicholas and Gary M Feinman: NEW evidence and understandings about the structure of successful early societies across Asia, Africa, and the Western Hemisphere are sweeping away the

It comes down to weapons

by Richard Moser: THE deep divisions in the US left over the Ukraine war can be reduced to a single practical question: Do you support sending weapons to Ukraine? The

Improved health care for a healthy nation

THE healthcare system is highly unregulated. As a result, it is largely controlled by for-profit companies, non-governmental organisations, and international welfare organisations. This shared power has caused many problems, including

A menacing rapprochement

Any reconciliation between Turkey and Syria’s Assad regime would have disastrous consequences for many Syrians, writes Syria expert Kristin Helberg TURKISH president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has described his upcoming meeting with

Lanka accountability, rights cannot be glossed over

Jehan Perera: THE Sri Lanka government’s proposal to set up a truth and reconciliation mechanism to deal with the unresolved human rights issues of the war will get a boost