Twenty-sixteen is proving to be quite a critical year with a variety of notable incidents ranging from natural calamities to changing dynamic in on-going conflicts to presidential campaigns to states valuing sovereignty over regionalism taking place across the world. And while the world’s attention was focused on the United Kingdom exiting the European Union (EU)…… Continue reading Turkey and Israel resume relations after six years
The Indian Ocean covers 20% of the Earth and is ranked as the third largest water body in the world. It has various matters related to maritime affairs which have to be resolved and policies that need to be implemented to ensure maritime safety and security of the littoral countries. In this context, the formulation…… Continue reading The importance of public diplomacy in formulating a maritime policy for the Indian Ocean Region
Both China and India have shown an increasing interest towards the Indian Ocean and have engineered several key strategies and initiatives, i.e. the Maritime Silk Route initiative by the former and the Indian Ocean Strategy by the latter. Both these two nations have also identified Sri Lanka, with its strategic location in the Indian Ocean…… Continue reading Sri Lanka’s Strategic Relevance in the South Asian Region: An Analysis of India’s Indian Ocean Strategy and China’s Maritime Silk Route Initiative
Last week this page gave an overview into what the G20 is and what their summits are about. It helped understand what the group of 19 states and the EU stands for. It is the background to understanding the outcomes of the meeting in Antalya which will be discussed today. It should be mentioned at…… Continue reading Outcomes of the G20 Summit in Antalya
Whilst the world was talking about the bombings and shootings that took place in a few cities around the world over the previous weekend, a group of the world’s leading economies met for discussion. The 15th and 16th of November and the lead up to that weekend saw the Group of Twenty, commonly referred to…… Continue reading Understanding the G20 Summit in Turkey
Bhagya Senaratne 