intelligence reform THE BLACK BANNERS AND SRI LANKA: A DOCTRINAL BLUEPRINT FOR INTELLIGENCE REFORM A doctrinal reading of The Black Banners applied to Sri Lanka’s intelligence system and the reforms needed for resilience.
Sri Lanka The Silence Between Signals: A Counterintelligence Reading of Sri Lanka’s Easter Attacks A counterintelligence reading of Sri Lanka’s Easter attacks that moves beyond failure and conspiracy to examine how signals moved, where authority collapsed, and how state architecture itself became the silent vulnerability.
Security Culture Beyond Blame: What Easter Sunday Reveals About Sri Lanka’s Security Culture — and What Must Change Now The Easter Sunday investigation reveals systemic weaknesses in intelligence coordination, institutional accountability, and cultural trust.
leadership The Six Traits of Leadership: What Abdul Kalam Still Teaches the West A tribute to Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam’s six timeless traits of leadership — vision, exploration, accountability, courage, nobility, and integrity — and why the West must now learn from his moral geometry of leadership.
architecture of trust The Architecture of Trust, Part III — The Institutions of Command In The Architecture of Trust, Part III — The Institutions of Command, Alfie Ameer explores how trust scales from individual to institution — revealing how ethical architecture turns authority into continuity and command into culture.
Ali Soufan Between Banners and Shadows: Lessons from The Black Banners for Sri Lanka’s Intelligence Future Originally published in The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). Republished here with permission as part of the Insights by Cognisive Consultants initiative on leadership, intelligence, and behavioral science. By Alfie Ameer Executive Summary In the aftermath of the Easter Sunday attacks and amid continuing regional volatility, Sri Lanka stands at a
