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Defanging the Dragon: India’s Real Antidote to China’s Indian Ocean Strategy
This report provides a strategic analysis of India’s options for neutralizing geopolitical and non-traditional security threats within the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). The primary threat stems from the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) ‘String of Pearls’ strategy, a network of dual-use (commercial and military) ports designed to encircle India, secure Chinese Sea Lines of Communication…
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The Trident Nexus: An Analytical Report on the Convergence of LTTE Remnants, D-Company, and the ISI for Narco-Terrorism and Strategic Destabilization
This report provides a strategic analysis of an emerging narco-terrorist network, the “Trident Nexus,” which represents a symbiotic, state-sponsored alliance between remnants of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the D-Company organized crime syndicate, and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). The report argues that the LTTE’s 2009 military defeat resulted not in its eradication, but…
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The Chemmani Mass Grave: My Witness to War Crimes in Jaffna
I have lived many lives inside one body. I was a child soldier, a spy, a prisoner, an informant, and at times a ghost moving between two worlds—Tamil and Sinhalese, enemy and ally, victim and accomplice. But of all the shadows that haunt me, none is as heavy as the one buried beneath the soil…
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Operation Sangeetha: The Cultural Defection Pipeline — How the Music of Madras Obliterated the Tigers
This article presents the first-person account of Kagusthan Ariaratnam, detailing my transformation from a radicalized cadre within the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to a strategic double agent serving India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and Sri Lanka’s Directorate Military Intelligence (DMI). My defection was catalyzed not by military force or conventional propaganda, but…
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When Liberation Turned into Domination: A Child Soldier’s Reckoning with Demons in Paradise
I watched Demons in Paradise with a heavy heart, not as a critic or a civilian, but as someone who once wore the uniform of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) — a child soldier trained to kill and conditioned to believe in the righteousness of our cause. I was barely fifteen when I…
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NEELAN: UNSILENCED – A Powerful Portrait of a Peacemaker
NEELAN: UNSILENCED is a compelling and vital documentary that successfully situates the life of Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam within the turbulent history of the Sri Lankan conflict. Its greatest achievement is providing a nuanced entry point into the war by focusing on the non-violent, intellectual, and pluralistic dimensions of Tamil resistance—a perspective often eclipsed by the…
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Beyond the Archetype: Agency, Trauma, and Institutional Betrayal in the Narrative of Kagusthan Ariaratnam
The landscape of popular culture is populated by enduring archetypes—figures who, through repeated narrative deployment, become symbolic shorthand for complex human experiences. Among the most potent of these are the “child soldier” and the “double agent.” The former often embodies the ultimate loss of innocence, a symbol of war’s depravity; the latter represents the ultimate…
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Agents of Influence or Betrayal? A Firsthand Reflection on Gary Anandasangaree, Stewart Bell, and Rohan Gunaratna in Canadian Public Life
Canada prides itself on multiculturalism, transparency, and justice. Yet, the recent actions of three influential figures—Gary Anandasangaree, Stewart Bell, and Rohan Gunaratna—raise significant questions about motives, loyalty, and integrity within the spheres of politics, media, and academia. Using both publicly available documentation and my lived experience, this article critically examines the roles and integrity of…
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Rethinking the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: A Whistleblower’s Perspective on Strategic Environmental Manipulation
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami is widely understood as a natural geological disaster. However, this paper examines the event from a lesser-known perspective—through the lens of intelligence manipulation and environmental warfare. As a former child soldier, intelligence officer with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), and informant for multiple national security agencies including the…
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Predators at Sea: Inside Terrorist Tactics Targeting Naval Security
This article critically examines the strategies and methodologies employed by terrorist organizations to target conventional naval assets, including merchant vessels and military ships such as frigates and destroyers. It focuses comprehensively on mechanisms used by terrorists to gather maritime intelligence, especially concerning naval technological systems like radar, sonar, GPS, and various weapon systems, including guns,…