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Out now! From Friendship to Dependency

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

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

Chinaโ€™s security relations with Sri Lanka are relatively understudied compared to its political and economic relationships with Sri Lankaโ€”despite the publicity when military vessels or research vessels visit Sri Lankan ports. This research contributes to developing the conversation and knowledge surrounding Chinaโ€™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

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Postdoctoral Fellow of Global Asia

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 

“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