Category: Geopolitical Currents
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The New Divide: How Sri Lanka’s Populism Replaced Race with Class
The JVP replaced Sri Lanka’s old racial polarization with a new political weapon: the “Them and Us” class divide. This analysis explores how populist strategy undermines democratic dissent.
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Who Silenced the Houthis? Analyzing the Sudden Halt in Red Sea Attacks
The sudden, eerie silence of Houthi attacks on the Red Sea is a major geopolitical shift. This analysis investigates three scenarios—Iran’s imperative, quiet negotiations, and rearming—behind the strategic pause.
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Sailing Beyond the Crisis: Sri Lanka’s Blue Economy Vision 2030 and the Geopolitical Imperative
Sri Lanka’s Blue Economy Vision 2030 offers massive opportunity, but geopolitical threats and environmental disasters like the X-Press Pearl loom. Sustainable reform must empower coastal communities to secure the island’s future.
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The Suit and the Snake
Al-Jolani’s rebranding from al-Qaeda terror chief to “moderate rebel” reveals how geopolitics whitewashes violence for convenience—masking a snake in a suit until the next earthquake in Syria’s endless war
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The Decline of American Cultural Soft Power
“K-pop dominates global charts where American boy bands once ruled. Asian cuisines replace fast food chains. Internal divisions and military interventions damage America’s cultural appeal. The era of American soft power dominance is decisively ending.”