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The Uncertainties on Trincomalee Oil Tank Farm and India-Sri Lanka Cooperation
Gautam Sen

Conflicting reports have been emanating in the public domain on Sri Lanka disengaging India from the Trincomalee oil tank farm development and operational venture. Sri Lanka`s Energy Minister, Udaya Gamanapila is reported to have stated recently that

April 19, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies, Sri Lanka, Commentary, India, Sri Lanka, Trincomalee, IGttabaya Rajapakse, IOC, oil tank farm
श्रीलंका: भारत और जापान के साथ समझौते के निरस्तीकरण के बाद क्या?
Amb JK Tripathi

1 फरवरी को श्रीलंका की सरकार ने भारत और जापान के सहयोग से प्रस्तावित कोलंबो बंदरगाह के पूर्वी

September 10, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies, Sri Lanka, Hindi, Commentary
Sri Lanka Presidential Elections: Reinforcement of Security Concerns
Dr Sreeradha Datta, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, Neighbourhood Studies, VIF

As the latest election in Sri Lanka results reveal, issues of national security continues to be predominant for this island’s population. More generic issues of social welfare, gender sensitivity and local development did not find the similar reson

June 06, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies, Sri Lanka, Commentary, New government in Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka’s challenges, Sri Lanka-India-China equation
Sri Lanka-US military Ties in the Indo-Pacific
Mayuri Mukherjee

On August 18, Sri Lankan media reported that the United States had decided to suspend bilateral negotiations with Colombo on the controversial Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) until after the presidential election in the island nation1. W

May 21, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies, Sri Lanka, Article, Sri Lanka-US force agreements, Sri Lanka-US-China relations
श्रीलंका: राजनीतिक और सुरक्षा संरचना की मरम्मत की जरूरत
PM Heblikar

कोलम्बो के ईस्टर संडे चर्च में (21 अप्रैल 2019) और श्रीलंका के अन्य हिस्सों में बम विस्फोटों की घटना

May 30, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies, Sri Lanka, Hindi, Article, श्रीलंका में बम विस्फोट, श्रीलंका राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा प्रबंधन, श्रीलंका में सत्ताधारी तालमेल
Sri Lanka: Need to Repair Political and Security Architecture
PM Heblikar

The Easter Sunday Church Bombings (April 21, 2019) in Colombo and other parts of Sri Lanka has altered the internal security situation and the political arithmetic in that country. The Islamic State of Iraq & Syria (ISIS) claimed ownership of the at

May 30, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies, Sri Lanka, Article, Sri Lanka terror attack, Easter Bombings, Counter-terror intelligence
Terror Once Again Raises its Ugly Head in Sri Lanka
C D Sahay, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

After just about a decade of peace, on Easter Sunday morning (April 21, 2019), Sri Lanka was rudely shaken by a series of suicide bombing attacks, three of them targeting Church congregations in Colombo and another four at up-market hotels and a gues

February 11, 2010 Neighbourhood Studies, Sri Lanka, Article, Sri Lanka terror attack, Controlling radicalization in Islamic society
Jihadi Terror Enters Sri Lanka
Abhinav Pandya

Almost exactly ten years after the end of the decades-long civil war in Sri Lanka, a horrendous wave of jihadi terrorism has made a terrifying re-entry. Eight near simultaneous bomb blasts were carried out across the country in Colombo, Negombo, Koch

September 12, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies, Sri Lanka, Article, Terrorism, Sri Lanka terrorism, Global radicalization, Jihadi Islamism
Sri Lanka Crisis Resolved but Challenges Continue
PM Heblikar

The political crisis in Sri Lanka has receded following the landmark judgment of the Supreme Court (Dec 14, 2018) restoring the status of the Parliament as it existed on October 24, 2018 before the crisis erupted. The unanimous decision of the 7-memb

May 30, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies, Sri Lanka, Article, Sri Lanka politics, Wickremesinghe’s restoration
Sri Lanka At Cross Roads: Political Crisis Defies Solution
PM Heblikar

President Maithripala Sirisena’s (MS) palace coup of October 25, 2018, aimed apparently at wresting absolute powers, has obviously failed to achieve its objectives, and in its stead, has created more chaos and confusion. The sacking of a sitting Pr

May 30, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies, Sri Lanka, Commentary, Sri Lanka crisis, India-Sri Lanka relations
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