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Out now! From Friendship to Dependency

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My monograph From Friendship to Dependency: Analysing Sri Lanka’s Foreign Policymaking Towards China is now available for purchase through KW Publishers. Grab your copy now! From Friendship to Dependency: Analysing Sri Lanka’s Foreign Policymaking Towards China employs a Neoclassical Realist lens to analyse Sri Lanka’s foreign policymaking towards China, emphasising the domestic factors that shape decision-making…… Continue reading Out now! From Friendship to Dependency

21st Century Maritime Silk Road · Belt & Road Initiative · China · Defence Policy · Foreign Policy · Indian Ocean Region · Indo-Pacific · Military · National Security · Security · South Asia · Sri Lanka

Navigating Seas of Cooperation: China’s Military Diplomacy in Sri Lanka

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China’s security relations with Sri Lanka are relatively understudied compared to its political and economic relationships with Sri Lanka—despite the publicity when military vessels or research vessels visit Sri Lankan ports. This research contributes to developing the conversation and knowledge surrounding China’s influence in South Asia by deliberating on the Sino-Sri Lankan defence relationship from…… Continue reading Navigating Seas of Cooperation: China’s Military Diplomacy in Sri Lanka

21st Century Maritime Silk Road · Belt & Road Initiative · China · Economics · Foreign Policy · Geopolitics · Sri Lanka

Perceptions of BRI partners towards China: A Sri Lankan Perspective

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In this episode, Dr. Ladhu R. Choudhary speaks to me about strategic objectives of China’s BRI, its implications on the evolving Indo-Pacific regional order, and responses by BRI partners. I explore the utility of BRI for smaller states in the region in context of the Sri Lankan economic crisis and discusses how China’s behavior during…… Continue reading Perceptions of BRI partners towards China: A Sri Lankan Perspective

Postdoctoral Fellow of Global Asia
21st Century Maritime Silk Road · Belt & Road Initiative · China · Diplomacy · Foreign Policy · Geopolitics · South Asia · Sri Lanka

Postdoctoral Fellow of Global Asia

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Post from KDU- Faculty of Defence & Strategic Studies’ social media Dr. Bhagya Senaratne, Senior Lecturer, Department of Strategic Studies was offered the position of Postdoctoral Fellow of Global Asia at New York University Shanghai (NYUSH), China commencing in Fall 2022. She makes history in being the first academic from the Faculty of Defence &…… Continue reading Postdoctoral Fellow of Global Asia

21st Century Maritime Silk Road · Belt & Road Initiative · China · Indian Ocean Region · Sri Lanka

China’s Engagement with Maritime Nations: A Case Study

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In the recorded history of Sri Lanka and Malaysia, trade with Chinese merchants, transhipment of Chinese goods, embarking of Chinese ships and people were an ordinary occurrence. Malaysia and Sri Lanka were initial subscribers of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), when China launched BRI in 2013. Hence, the problem identified for this research is:…… Continue reading China’s Engagement with Maritime Nations: A Case Study