Sri Lanka Japan's Indo-Pacific strategy: The importance of Sri Lanka May 1, 2018 0 Written by Anne-Léonore Dardenne. Reacting to an increasingly assertive China, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has looked to expand his country’s influence in the Indo-Pacific.…
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka’s local elections: Rajapaksa and foreign influence March 16, 2018 0 Written by Eshan Jayawardena and Punsara Amarasinghe. The February local election results in Sri Lanka produced an unexpected political storm in heart of the island nation's…
Indian Ocean Region In Sri Lanka, India faces its most serious regional security challenge March 5, 2018 0 Written by Amit Dasgupta. My wife and I recently visited Sri Lanka on a holiday with friends. For both of us, it was our first…
Burma/Myanmar Why is Myanmar burning while Sri Lanka is not? March 2, 2018 0 Written by Rizwan Zeb. How and when does an ethnic conflict turn violent? Who plays the decisive role in politicising an ethnic group? What are…
Foreign Policy Sri Lanka: Re-imagining India relations January 23, 2018 0 Written by N Sathiya Moorthy. The idea of a land bridge linking Sri Lanka to its northern neighbour has been talked about long before China’s…
conflict The ‘I’ and ‘Other’ in Independent Sri Lanka January 22, 2018 1 Written by Samal Vimukthi Hemachandra. February 4th, 2018 is a significant landmark in Sri Lankan post-colonial history. It is the 70th anniversary Sri Lanka’s independence…
Economy Chinese Financial Assistance: Preference or Compulsion for Sri Lanka? May 17, 2017 2 Written by Gulbin Sultana. There was a violent protest in January 2017 against the Sri Lankan government’s proposed deal with the Chinese to develop a…
Hindu Nationalism Anti-Muslim Extremism and Violence in Sri Lanka April 24, 2017 2 Written by Neil DeVotta. Sri Lanka’s vicious civil war ended in May 2009, amidst war crimes allegations, when government forces routed the separatist Liberation Tigers…
Security Sri Lanka versus LTTE: A Lasting Victory February 17, 2017 1 Written by Elena Pokalova. Victories over insurgent and terrorist groups are hard to achieve and harder yet to maintain. In 2009 Sri Lanka declared victory…
