Sri Lanka: Headed for turbulent times?
The seemingly serene, emerald green island of Sri Lanka on the Indian Ocean is worried that it is headed for turbulent times. Trouble reared its...
Wishing you a merry Christmas and Peace throughout the New Year
Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and...
A bitter pill to swallow
Since the setback in Nepal three years ago when the Indian diktat on the contents of a new constitution for that country was brusquely dismissed...
India- US discuss shared leadership in the Indo-Pacific region
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr S Jaishankar met US Secretary of Defense Dr Mark T Esper and Secretary of State...
India expands Indo -Pacific policy
India is increasing the area covered by its Indo-Pacific policy to include the western Indian ocean and Arabian Sea. This means that Asean is not...
2020 might be a telling year for Sri Lanka
In the weeks that followed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s big election win, Sri Lanka witnessed some rapid international outreach — both from and to Colombo —...
China’s Building Spree Is Raising Questions
At Sri Lanka's southern tip, an abandoned British lighthouse stands sentinel near a half-moon-shaped cove bobbing with turquoise dinghies. Fishermen wearing sarongs drag wooden outriggers...
Results Reveal a Divided Country ?
Religious nationalism played the central role in the recently-held Sri Lankan presidential election, in which Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa came away victorious, winning 52.25 percent of...
Sri Lanka Continues Its Delicate Dance with India
Sri Lanka is a role model for the dictum of diplomacy being the extension of a country’s national policies. Sri Lanka’s performance must be commended...
Election was determined largely by local factors
Gotabaya Rajapakse won Sri Lanka’s Presidential Elections on November 16. This is not the first time Sri Lanka has had a Rajapakse as president. Mahinda...
Necessary to build a consistent relationship with India
Promising to be “frank” and “upfront” to avoid the misunderstandings of the past between New Delhi and Colombo, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says India...
Human Rights, Reconciliation and Peace
Earlier this month, Gotabaya Rajapaksa was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president, following his victory in the country’s eighth presidential elections. Gotabaya replaced Maithripala Sirisena,...
Confident that the Sri Lanka will pursue the process of reconciliation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the Rajapaksa government will take forward the reconciliation process to meet the aspirations of Tamil community in...
A Conversation with Ambassador Alice Wells on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
Addressing the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars think tank on 21 November 2019, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central...
A Diplomatic tightrope
Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother, Mahinda, have returned to power in Sri Lanka. They are likely to pivot back to China to help the economy,...