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With Geopolitical Cold War 2.0 and domestic economic strain, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has the two daunting challenges ahead of him. He would have
The structure of the international system and balance of power tend to limit the foreign policy choices of smaller states. But we are now living in a
While Colombo and New Delhi may carry historic baggage with each other on various issues, fighting ISIS is something that barely interjects with those
Governments should adopt certain processes and values to certify the critical infrastructure projects of the Chinese.
There is little or no excitement in global capitals over the Sri Lankan presidential polls this time, unlike during the last three elections of 2005,
Most minorities are Tamil-speaking, accounting for a substantial 30% of the population.
As two democracies, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka share many development needs and challenges — this underpin their growing ties.
Colombo has to find ways to permanently ally apprehensions of a section of the Indian strategic community — particularly naval experts.
Modi in his first overseas visit in the new term, extended an early hand to the two Indian Ocean neighbours to ensure collective security.
All nations, including India, would be watching for inclinations on how the ‘new Maldives’ intends to avoid a China-induced ‘debt-trap’ of the
In the aftermath of the Easter serial-attacks in Sri Lanka, the security forces in Maldives conducted an emergency response exercise, and border secur
The global counter-terrorism measures cannot stop with fighting religious terrorism but also need to look into the basic causes that have fanned the s
India has activated the Coast Guard to scan the shared waters, to make sure that none of the surviving Easter Day plotters in Sri Lanka escape out of
In order for the Hambantota port project to reap potential benefits for Sri Lanka and the regional economy, there are three crucial aspects: bunkering
Should the President and Parliament fail to find a solution, the ball may go back to the Supreme Court.
Anti-Muslim violence in the country is older than anti-Tamil violence of the past decades. It had begun in the second decade of the last century.
India would be watching the current Sri Lankan situation carefully without making more assumptions.
The new extra-regional player in China seems to want to provoke internal anti-India debates in individual South Asian nations.
The turning out of the Trincomalee oil tanks deal for India and the Hambantota port deal for China are only indicative of the massive trust deficit or
By rushing relief at first signs of rains in Sri Lanka, India demonstrated the political will to reach out to its neighbourhood in the hour of distres
By encouraging deep sea fishing in the Rameswaram area, authorities in India hope to reduce the pressure on the Indian and Sri Lankan seas.
China, owning reclaimed land at Colombo, is a worrying development in the Indian Ocean Region.
India has not turned a blind eye to the developments in its neighbourhood, nor has it stopped participating in events over there.
In what looks like an administrative faux pas, top Ministers of India & Sri Lankahave vowed to create a ‘new mechanism’ to address bilateral fish
With Indian Government reiterating commitment to facilitate investments in Sri Lanka and Maldives, the need for making case-studies of both
Sri Lanka continues to attract concern in sections of the Indian strategic community in the post Chinese-ship embarrassment
It is not the best picture that we, as one of the fastest growing economies, present to the world — where people are still dying of vector borne dis
There is a possibility of Maldives being at the centre of an international game.
India-baiting has become a part and parcel of the Rajapaksa camp-led Joint Opposition’s political attacks and protests against the ruling Maithiri-R
More than two years after the Government of Sri Lanka and the leadership of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) reached an agreement on a ceasefire in their military and para-military operations against each other, with Norway playing the role of a facilitator, and embarked on a process of negotiations in order to find a political solution to the demands of the LTTE for an independent
