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Colombo Port City and the Diminishing Scope of Sri Lankan Policy Autonomy
Colombo Port City began as a promise of transformation, but it has become a measure of Sri Lanka’s constrained autonomy. Built on 269 hectares of reclaimed land beside Colombo’s central business district, the Chinese-backed project is designed as a Special…
BIMSTEC and the Challenge of Asymmetric Adoption
Long dismissed as “summit-driven” and superficial, the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is now beginning to deliver. On May 16, 2026, the BIMSTEC Secretariat confirmed that the Agreement on Maritime Transport Cooperation (AMTC), the…
After the Four-Day War: Defense Adaptation and Strategic Realignment Across South Asia
The May 2025 conflict between India and Pakistan lasted less than a week, but its aftershocks are still coursing through the region. The crisis saw the region's first live combat test of Chinese-manufactured J-10C fighters, PL-15 beyond-visual-range (BVR) missiles, and…
Sri Lanka in 2025: Navigating Systemic Change, a Natural Disaster, and a Political Test for the NPP Government
The fallout from Cyclone Ditwah represents a major challenge for the NPP administration's governance reform agenda.
Navigating Politico-Security Hurdles to Regional Connectivity: Pathways for New Delhi
Soon after taking office in 2014, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi articulated two new visions for cross-border relations: the Neighborhood First and Act East policies. Both initiatives aimed at improving relations with the immediate neighborhood and building bridges of connectivity,…
श्रीलंका की विदेश नीति का पुनर्मूल्यांकन? दिसानायके का युग
सितंबर 2024 में, गंभीर राष्ट्रीय आर्थिक संकट प्रारम्भ होने के दो वर्ष के उपरान्त, श्रीलंका में राष्ट्रपति के रूप में अनुरा कुमारा दिसानायके के चुनाव के साथ राजनीतिक परिदृश्य में एक महत्त्वपूर्ण परिवर्तन देखने को मिला| पारदर्शिता और सुशासन की…