Research Catalog

Title

Conundrum of an island : Sri Lanka's geopolitical challenges / Asanga Abeyagoonasekera (Institute of National Security Studies Sri Lanka (INSSSL), Sri Lanka).

Author

Abeyagoonasekera, Asanga

Publication

Hackensack, New Jersey : World Scientific, [2021]

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Description

xxv, 222 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"This book is a compilation of essays on several themes intended to provoke thought on and promote understanding about everyday political and social life on an island facing constant geopolitical and domestic political challenges. The themes of this books are: 4/21 Terror Attack and National Security; China, Belt and Road Initiative and Sri Lankan Foreign Policy; Geopolitics; Sustaining Democracy and Facing a Pandemic; and Domestic Political Stability, Leadership and Economic Crime. Most essays have captured the domestic viewpoint from which to begin drawing a wider picture of the global geopolitical tapestry. The chapters enframe a variety of domestic political incidents, conflicts of various actors, and the conundrum of an island in the Indian Ocean, stuck in the triangular maritime power dynamics among the United States, China, and India. They also examine the influences from foreign nations towards Sri Lanka's foreign policy and the dynamics of security challenges in the larger geosphere and marine sphere of South Asia and the Indian Ocean respectively. The chapters offer the reader an Olympian viewpoint of the challenges Sri Lanka faces, attempting to find connections and patterns towards greater external geopolitical influence and how it impacts domestic politics"--

Subject

• Since 1978
• Geopolitics > Sri Lanka
• National security > Sri Lanka
• Internal security > Sri Lanka
• Géopolitique > Sri Lanka
• Sûreté de l'État > Sri Lanka
• Diplomatic relations
• Geopolitics
• Internal security
• National security
• Politics and government
• Sri Lanka > Politics and government > 1978-
• Sri Lanka > Foreign relations > 21st century
• Sri Lanka > Politique et gouvernement > 1978-
• Sri Lanka

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

4/21 terror attack and national security -- China, BRI and Sri Lankan foreign policy -- Geopolitics -- Sustaining democracy and facing a pandemic -- Domestic political stability, leadership and economic crime.

ISBN

• 9789811227844
• 9811227845
• 9789811229336
• 9811229333
• 9789811227851 (canceled/invalid)
• 9789811227868 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2020041552

OCLC

• on1195445179
• 1195445179
• SCSB-14393277

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries