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Out now! From Friendship to Dependency

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

Postdoctoral Fellow of Global Asia
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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

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Sri Lankaโ€™s Economic Crisis: Foreign Policy Amidst Domestic Tumultย 

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“Since the start of the new year, Sri Lanka has fallen deeper into an economic crisis. The crisis has led to protests across the country, the resignation of its Prime Minister, and its first debt default since independence. Ranil Wickremesinghe has recently been appointed as Sri Lankaโ€™s prime minister for the sixth time, three days…… Continue reading Sri Lankaโ€™s Economic Crisis: Foreign Policy Amidst Domestic Tumultย 

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Sri Lankaโ€™s Relations with China from 1948 to 1995: A Neoclassical Realist Analysis

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Post-independent Sri Lanka fostered state-level economic ties with China at a time it was not envisaged. However, once established, trade relations expanded and even influenced other areas of Sino-Lanka relations. Hence, the objectives of this research are to analyse why Sri Lanka opted to establish unconventional relations with China and to examine what factors influenced…… Continue reading Sri Lankaโ€™s Relations with China from 1948 to 1995: A Neoclassical Realist Analysis