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Amid Reports on Chinese Expansion of Bases, Sri Lanka Unveils SOP: Need for a Reality Check?
India has realized it cannot possibly balance China’s growing influence on its own, nor can it afford to have the U.S. leave the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) given...
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Online Safety Bill & Operation Justice: Sri Lankan Democracy under Attack“Life, if you looked about you, bore no resemblance not only to the lies that streamed out of the telescreens, but even to the ideals that the…
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More than Meets the Eye: Chinese Engagement in Sri Lankan Hydropower Project“A journey in search of the Malwatu Oya is a journey to the heart of an ancient civilization” in Sri Lanka, says Dr. SinhaRaja Tammita-Delgoda, who discovered…
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China in Sri Lanka and Solomon Islands: Role of Littorals in the Geopolitical Competition
Abstract: This issue brief discusses the growing Chinese sphere of influence in Sri Lanka and Solomon Islands, its impact on the region and on the regional powers, India...
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Judiciary a Democratic Beacon amid Instability in Sri LankaPresident Ranil Wickremesinghe of Sri Lanka last month postponed the local government elections scheduled for March 9, 2023. “This is the height of absurdity,” explained senior parliamentarian…
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The Trap: China’s Debt Restructuring and Strategic Manipulation in Sri LankaChina’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) isn’t quite as lucrative as often advertised. Ten projects found in six nations – Vanuatu, Indonesia, Myanmar, Tajikistan, Pakistan, and Hungary…
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Sri Lankan Crisis between Debt-trap and Strategic-trap: The Chinese Stake
There have been multiple debt trap myth-busting articles; the Chinese embassy in Sri Lanka endorsed some. The article by Deborah Brautigam, clarifying there is no debt trap…