Category: Diplomacy

21st Century Maritime Silk Road · China · Diplomacy · Foreign Policy · Public Diplomacy · Sri Lanka

Enhancing China’s Overseas Investment Image through Public Diplomacy

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The last decade showcased an increase in overseas investment by the People’s Republic of China and its private enterprises. This increased further with President Xi Jinping’s announcement of the Silk Route initiatives which is collectively known as the ‘Belt and Road Initiative’. The success of these initiatives and investments lie in being able to harness…… Continue reading Enhancing China’s Overseas Investment Image through Public Diplomacy

21st Century Maritime Silk Road: Some comments
21st Century Maritime Silk Road · China · Diplomacy · Indian Ocean Region · International Relations · Preventive Diplomacy · Sri Lanka

21st Century Maritime Silk Road: Some comments

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View a few of the comments I made at the regional workshop on the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road: Considering Security Implications held in Yangon, Myanmar on the Friedrich Ebert-Stiftung page. My presentation focused on the use of Preventive Diplomacy in Mitigating Future Threats to Security.

Diplomacy · Foreign Policy · Sri Lanka · US Foreign Policy

Elements of Sri Lanka’s Geopolitics: Impact on United States’ Foreign Policy

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This article examines whether the physical determinants of Sri Lanka have a significant impact on the formulation of the United States’ foreign policy. It also analyses whether Sri Lanka’s close proximity to the sea lines of communication (SLOCs) has any influence on the United States’ urge to link businesses and people, and also to reaffirm…… Continue reading Elements of Sri Lanka’s Geopolitics: Impact on United States’ Foreign Policy

Economic Relations: A Sri Lankan Perspective
Diplomacy · Economics · International Relations · Pakistan · Sri Lanka

Economic Relations: A Sri Lankan Perspective

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“Introduction Both Pakistan and Sri Lanka have very vibrant political and military relations. Sri Lanka also has excellent cultural and social relations with the former, which are longstanding and have withstood the test of time. The same cannot be said about the economic relations between the two countries. It is important for two sovereign states…… Continue reading Economic Relations: A Sri Lankan Perspective

Turkey and Israel resume relations after six years
Diplomacy · International Relations

Turkey and Israel resume relations after six years

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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