US-China strategic competition is centered on the Pacific segment of the Indo-Pacific – Nilanthi Samaranayake

How do you see the future challenges of U.S. – Sri Lanka relations amid growing Chinese influence on Sri Lankan? Since independence, Sri Lanka has generally had a deeper relationship…

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CSST’s perspective: Sri Lanka must keep its promises to India

President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s maiden visit to New Delhi appears to be a significant development in the Indo-Pacific Region amid questions about Chinese influence giving ‘room for manoeuvre’ in smaller South Asian countries. India…

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Correcting a strategic mistake

President Ranil Wickremesinghe is scheduled to visit New Delhi this week. In Sri Lanka, it is customary for the president's first foreign visit to be to India. India serves as the second…

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Sri Lanka has been seen as one of China’s string of pearls: An exclusive interview with Prof.Mark S.Cogan

China is turning its attention to the Tamils in the north, using some of the same tactics previously employed during the Rajapaksa era to slowly win the trust of the…

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