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India and Sri Lanka: Subnational Diplomacy Dynamics
Sri Lanka’s foreign minister Jayanath Colombage has described India as “part of the family,” and suggested that, like siblings, the two share many similarities and occasional disagreements. However, the current state of ties is complicated, especially given Sri Lanka’s increasingly…
States in Action: Federalism and Foreign Policy in India
In 2012, the Italian defense minister met the chief minister of the Indian state of Kerala requesting him to allow the trial of two Italian marines in Rome who were allegedly caught killing fishermen from Kerala in Indian waters. Kerala…
COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s initial successes in curbing COVID-19 spread a year ago are now a distant memory. The Sri Lankan government hoped to vaccinate at least 60 percent of its adult population by the end of the year. Like most other…
پاکستان سری لنکا تعلقات کا جائزہ
فروری ۲۰۲۱ میں عمران خان نے بطور وزیراعظم پاکستان سری لنکا کا پہلا دورہ کیا۔ کولمبو کا یہ دو روزہ دورہ جس دوران عمران خان اور سری لنکا کے وزیراعظم مہندا راجاپکسے نے مختلف تزویراتی شعبوں میں تعاون پر تبادلہ…
Reviewing Pakistan-Sri Lanka Relations
Last month, Imran Khan made his first visit to Sri Lanka as Pakistan’s Prime Minister. The two-day visit to Colombo, during which Imran Khan and Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa discussed cooperation across a variety of strategic areas, signifies…
Chinese Financing in South Asia: The Story of Sri Lanka
South Asian Voices recently published a series on Chinese financing in the South Asian region discussing the perspectives of three countries: Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan. This article contributes an important but missing perspective—that of Sri Lanka, which is an often-cited…