Monthly Archives: January 2019

Why Lanka needs a NewsGuard like body to rate media

Posted on January 29, 2019 by ameenizzadeen

By Ameen Izzadeen The double whammy that jolted journalism this week exposed the wide gap between what journalism is and what it should be. In an ideal sense, journalism is a noble vocation, the voice of the voiceless and the … Continue reading →

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US withdrawal from Syria: Fighting may end soon, but causes not addressed

Posted on January 22, 2019 by ameenizzadeen

By Ameen Izzadeen Less than a month after United States President Donald Trump declared that the US troops in Syria would be called back, four Americans, including two soldiers, were killed on Wednesday in a suicide blast carried out by … Continue reading →

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Whatever Trump does, Sri Lanka needs to deliver transitional justice and take the high road

Posted on January 11, 2019 by ameenizzadeen

By Ameen Izzadeen In 2012, addressing the United Nations Human Rights Council sessions Sri Lanka’s then Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe questioned the United States’ moral right to bring in a resolution, while it itself was being accused of committing … Continue reading →

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Trump’s aversion to multilateralism plunges world into multilateral crisis

Posted on January 9, 2019 by ameenizzadeen

By Ameen Izzadeen Pax Americana 2.0 was the title of a political discussion on Russia Today television on New Year’s Eve. The Crosstalk programme conducted by Peter Lavelle had as its theme a recent speech delivered by the US Secretary … Continue reading →

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