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Continental Rupture: Mark Carney’s Davos Mandate and the Strategic Reorientation of the Canadian State
The international geopolitical landscape in early 2026 is defined by a fundamental “rupture,” a term utilized by Prime Minister Mark Carney at the World Economic Forum in Davos to describe the collapse of the post-1945 rules-based order.1 This transition is not merely a shift in diplomatic norms but a systemic breakdown of the mechanisms that…
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Carney, China, and the Shifting World Order: Pragmatism in an Age of Imperial Decline
Mark Carney’s recent remarks on the emergence of a “new world order,” particularly in relation to China, have sparked debate across political and policy circles. Yet, when examined within the broader context of global power shifts, his analysis is not only sensible—it is necessary. The world is undergoing a structural transformation in which China’s rise…
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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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Insights from the Simulator: A Conversation with Dr. Tim Cooley
Welcome to Project O Five podcast where we explore the intersection of intelligence, security, and technology. I’m your host, Kagusthan Ariaratnam. In my former life, I saw conflict from the ground up—first as a child soldier, then as an intelligence operative. I learned that war is a brutal, deeply human affair. But the landscape of…
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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…