By Wg Cdr (retd.) Bhupinder S. Nijjar This article was originally published by Vertilift Aviation Insights on December 26, 2020 … More
Author: Kagusthan Ariaratnam
Kagusthan Ariaratnam is a defense analyst and consultant with over 25 years of experience. From 1990 to 2010, he was working with several international intelligence agencies in a substantial capacity. As Ariaratnam had fought both as an insurgent during the Sri Lankan civil war with the Tamil Tigers and later against the insurgents as a military intelligence analyst with the Directorate of Military Intelligence of Sri Lanka, he possesses unique knowledge of the contemporary counterintelligence, counterinsurgency, and counterterrorism operations. For advancing "Global War on Terrorism", Ariaratnam received the Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies Award in October 2003.
The US-Led NATO And Its Allies Need Dominance In Afghanistan Over Global Powers, Not Over Their Proxy Taliban
By Siddhant Hira and Kagusthan Ariaratnam As US-led NATO forces prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan, General Scott Miller — the … More
Spy Tigers: The LTTE Intelligence Wing
By Adrien Fontanellaz & Kagusthan Ariaratnam One of the factors behind the efficiency of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) … More
Sri Lankan War Wounds Still Not Healed
After more than 25 years of tense, protracted, and bloody civil war, the guns fell silent in Sri Lanka. In … More
Combining Three Tiers of Intelligence-Gathering Is Key to Keeping Russia and China at Bay
The U.S. and its allies today face two major geopolitical threats: Russia and China. A prominent U.S. think tank, The … More
A New Era for China’s “Wolf Warrior Diplomacy”
China’s “wolf warrior diplomacy” is entering a new era as tension rises in Chinese foreign affairs. The strategy, deployed to … More
Special Report: Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday Bombings – An Intelligence Failure? Or an Intelligence Operation?
This article was originally published by “NATO Association of Canada” on May 25, 2020. Since the Easter Sunday bombings that … More
Timely and Innovative Intelligence Tradecraft Is the Need of the Day to Save the Afghanistan Peace Deal
While the entire world is grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Taliban in Afghanistan has steadily staged more than 4,500 … More
The Difference between Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing
Introduction The distinction between genocide and ethnic cleansing is a “grey area” that befuddles scholars, policy makers, and students alike. … More
U.N. ban on Sri Lanka’s peacekeepers led by alleged war criminal is the tip of the iceberg
This article was originally published by “NATO Association of Canada” on October 1, 2019. The U.N. peacekeeping department last week … More
