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In Context: India’s Renewed IOR Outreach
Dr. Sripathi Narayanan. · 17 Dec, 2020 · #5746 · Commentary
The simultaneous November 2020 visits by India’s
External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr S Jaishakar and National Security Advisor
(NSA) Ajit Doval to island-states in the
Indian Ocean Region (IOR) took place in the backdrop of the recently-concluded ...
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Big Picture: India and the US-Maldives Defence Agreement
Dr. Sripathi Narayanan. · 23 Sep, 2020 · #5726 · Commentary
On 10 September 2020, Washington and Malé signed
the “Framework for U.S. Department of Defense-Maldives Ministry of Defence
Defense and Security Relationship.” This agreement ostensibly intends to deepen
bilateral efforts towards maintaining ...
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In Context: Sri Lanka’s 2020 Parliamentary Election Results (Part-II)
Dr. Sripathi Narayanan. · 17 Aug, 2020 · #5713 · Commentary
The Sri
Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP)-led alliance secured 151 of 225 seats in Sri
Lanka’s August 2020 parliamentary polls. With this victory, former President, Mahinda
Rajapaksa (MR), has returned to power, and was sworn in as the prime minist ...
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In Context: Sri Lanka’s 2020 Parliamentary Election Results (Part-I)
Dr. Sripathi Narayanan. · 11 Aug, 2020 · #5712 · Commentary
After two COVID-19 induced postponements in 2020,
Sri Lanka’s parliamentary election took place on 5 August. Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa (MR) was sworn in
as the prime minister on 9 August after his party, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
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India-Sri Lanka
Mahinda’s India Visit: Reading between the Lines
Dr. Sripathi Narayanan. · 17 Feb, 2020 · #5650 · Commentary
Between 7 and 11 February, Sri Lanka’s new Prime
Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa (MR), travelled to India on his maiden foreign
visit since assuming office. This visit marked the fifth high-profile bilateral
exchange since his brother, Gotabaya Raja ...
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Beyond the Presidential Elections
Dr. Sripathi Narayanan. · 21 Nov, 2019 · #5632 · Commentary
The result of the 2019 Sri
Lankan presidential election was on expected lines because of the nature of the
captive vote-bank of the frontrunners, Sajith Premadasa, and the winner and now
President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The campaign and the poll, in ...
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Special Commentary
Sri Lanka's Easter Bombings and the Need for a Regional Counter-Terror Strategy
AS Lamba. · 19 Jul, 2019 · #5603 · Commentary
On 21 April 2019, Sri Lanka witnessed
its largest terrorist attack since the end of its brutal 26-year civil war.
These Islamic State (IS) attacks targeted Easter celebrations and luxury hotels
in Colombo, killing Sri Lankan and foreign nationals. ...
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Dateline Colombo
Toward Post-Terror Stability in Sri Lanka
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera. · 17 Jun, 2019 · #5592 · Commentary
A few
weeks ago, a security expert who has studied the so-called Islamic State (IS) rightly
said to this author, that
“Your country was ‘staged’.” While the IS
attempted to take credit for the attacks, they do not appear to have been
dir ...
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Terrorism in South Asia
Sri Lanka Terror Strikes: What Next?
Bibhu Prasad Routray. · 29 Apr, 2019 · #5583 · Commentary
Under the nose of a state that
took peace for granted, members of two lesser-known radical organizations and sons
of a millionaire spice trader conspired to carry out a mass carnage on Easter Sunday
in Sri Lanka, an attack which has now been descr ...
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Dateline Colombo
The Geopolitics of Ports and the Silk Road of the Sea
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera. · 26 Sep, 2018 · #5518 · Commentary
The
expertise of a country ...
