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Deconstructing the State Security Apparatus: Legal Judgments, Deep-State Complicity, and the Structural Investigation of Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter Sunday Attacks
The judicial and investigative trajectory surrounding Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks—which killed at least 260 people and injured over 500 across three churches and three luxury hotels—has undergone a radical paradigm shift1. For years, the official state narrative framed the tragedy primarily as an unprecedented intelligence failure exacerbated by administrative friction within the…
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Beyond the Battlelines: The Human Cost of the Sri Lankan Civil War
Decades after its conclusion, the Sri Lankan civil war remains a deeply studied yet profoundly painful chapter in modern history. While geopolitical analyses and military histories often dominate the discourse, the true weight of the conflict lives in the memories of those who survived it. In a powerful episode of the South Asia Democratic Forum…
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The Sovereign Shadow: National Security Coercion, Temporal Fragmentation, and the Administrative Human Rights Battle of Kagusthan Ariaratnam
This article examines the landmark administrative and human rights battle of Kagusthan Ariaratnam against the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), analyzing the structural tensions between domestic national security practices and international refugee protection obligations. It addresses two fundamental questions: first, whether security agencies can leverage the legal vulnerability of refugee status to extract prolonged, coerced…
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Professor Rohan Gunaratna: Terrorism Expert? Or Intellectual Mercenary?
This article examines the commercialization of post-September 11 terrorism studies through a critical evaluation of Rohan Gunaratna’s career, framing it as a primary case study of “information speculation” and epistemic opportunism. It maps how Gunaratna systematically pivoted his threat assessments—ranging from hyper-inflated global Al-Qaeda networks for Western defense establishments to regional “octopus-like” Jemaah Islamiyah cells…
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A Tribute to DBS Jeyaraj: The Pen That Pierced the Fog of War
They say that in a conflict as brutal and protracted as ours, the first casualty is always the truth. For a long time, trapped within the rigid, unyielding machinery of the LTTE’s intelligence wing, I believed that truth was merely a weapon to be manufactured, manipulated, and deployed. We saw the world in absolute binaries:…
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The Architecture of Institutional Capture and the Precipice of Accountability: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Rajapaksa Legacy and the Airbus Bribery Nexus
This analysis examines the 2026 summons of former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), identifying it as a critical test for the nation’s revitalized anti-corruption framework. The probe centers on a 2013 deal for ten Airbus aircraft valued at approximately USD 2.3 billion, which allegedly…
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Ink and Iron: The Poets and Young People Jailed for Simple Tributes
Wang Juntao was a seventeen-year-old high school student when he wrote the poem that got him arrested. It was April 1976, the Qingming Festival, and he had walked to Tiananmen Square to leave verses at the Monument to the People’s Heroes in memory of Premier Zhou Enlai, who had died on January 8 of that…
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A Formal Disclosure and Challenge to the Professional Integrity of Professor Rohan Gunaratna: The “05” File and the Mechanics of State Deception
This open letter, authored by Kagusthan Ariaratnam (also known as Murali and code-named “05”), serves as a formal whistleblowing disclosure and a demand for historical rectification regarding his decades-long exploitation by internationally acclaimed counter-terrorism expert Dr. Rohan Gunaratna. Ariaratnam asserts that Gunaratna utilized his unique insider knowledge as a former LTTE Naval Intelligence Officer to…
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India’s Maritime Heritage Reinforces Its Rising Leadership as IFR, MILAN and IONS Conclude
India’s geography, history and strategic position have once again converged to highlight its role as a natural maritime hub. Three major naval engagements—the International Fleet Review (IFR), the multilateral naval exercise MILAN, and meetings associated with the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS)—concluded successfully this week. Held between 15 and 25 February, these events underlined India’s…
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The Intelligence Nexus and the Shadow of the Easter Sunday Bombings: A Critical Analysis of the Arrest of Major General Suresh Sallay and the Pursuit of the Alleged Masterminds
The apprehension of Major General Suresh Sallay on February 25, 2026, represents a seismic shift in the long-deferred quest for accountability regarding the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings. As the former Director of the State Intelligence Service (SIS), Sallay is the highest-ranking military intelligence official to be taken into custody in connection with the coordinated suicide…