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As the “debt-trap” criticism intensifies, Chinese commentators have proposed their own counternarrative on the Sri Lankan debt crisis
The recent visit made by the Chinese Foreign Minister to Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Comoros showcases its renewed interest in the Indian Ocean Region
Despite visible concerns, the Sri Lankan government has given the green light to commence the Colombo Port City project.
With the changing dynamics in the Indo-Pacific region, both the island states have ample opportunities to balance between India and China.
Sri Lanka’s attempt to appease China is threatening the bilateral relations it shares with India
Will internationalising the bilateral fishers’ issue adversely affect the India-Sri Lanka relations?
China is coercing Sri Lanka to allow a substandard shipment of Chinese fertiliser to enter the island nation despite Sri Lanka’s explicit rejection
Sri Lanka’s current crisis is an opportunity for India to draw the island nation away from China
Sri Lankan leadership seems wanting to take on the West, not on facts and details, as listed out by the OHCHR but on ‘core principles’
How the island nation’s security conundrums will worsen an already threatened South Asia post the reemergence of the Taliban
How India’s island neighbours react to this new geopolitical reality and whether this will result in an emergence of a new Cold War is yet to be see
As Sri Lanka moves closer to China in its economic ties, concerns about the Indo-Sri Lanka bilateral relationship grow
After the declaration of a food emergency, the island nation must navigate a tricky situtaiton
Sri Lanka’s foreign policy posture is to balance the US and China, being part of both BRI and the Indo-Pacific.
India and Sri Lanka have injected pragmatism into bilateral relations, which began disappearing after China’s entry through the Hambantota port deal
Independent of the ruling party or leader in Colombo, New Delhi’s concerns viz China in Sri Lanka is bound to grow.
While bilateral political issues seem to have been kept under control through the post-war decade in Sri Lanka; at another level, it is a livelihood i
The Opposition — PPM-PNC combine — has called upon New Delhi, along with Sri Lanka and Pakistan, to help obtain freedom for Yameen.
Sri Lanka could explore and benefit more from close ties with the middle powers than equating most foreign policy decisions on binaries.
For Sri Lanka, big ticket foreign investment matters right now more than at any time in the post-Independence era.
Sri Lanka should use the upcoming summit to move forward with its proposal to ensure that BIMSTEC maintains its momentum.
The Sri Lankan government’s decision became a hotly-contested political issue after the World Health Organisation cleared burial as a safe procedure
At present, albeit in a different context, there is another westward strategy from the Eastern Pacific theatre. It is that of the US Pacific Command i
The subregional approach has been providing Delhi the opportunity to experiment with new arrangements in building security cooperation with its neighb
The creation of the Quad — with implications for small Ocean neighbours like Sri Lanka — has become a core concern for the nation’s foreign and
In South Asia, Sri Lanka — with its geographically unique position in the Indian Ocean, and with a strong BRI partnership established during the pre
Given the trajectory of the China relations — Sri Lanka’s ‘India First’ policy will obviously be confined to bilateral security issues and New
Zooming out and looking at South Asian geopolitics, India appears to be reaching out, repairing and resetting relations with several of its smaller ne
Making political history, Mahinda Rajapaksa secured more than half a million votes to his premiership in Sri Lanka.
In working out the constitutional changes in terms of division of powers between the President and Parliament, represented purportedly by the Prime Mi
The two countries are holding talks for India to reschedule Sri Lanka’s $900 million India debt.
Mahinda Rajapaksa stands out as a symbolic leader surviving political office with internal and external pressure at various interludes.
President Rajapaksa has now chosen the local audience and delivered the message/threat personally — from the highest levels of the Sri Lankan state.
