International Relations in India & Beyond
The visit of Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India puts new life into the relationship between the two countries. The sought-after visit to New Delhi comes against a volatile geopolitical situation exacerbated by...
Pakistan, a nuclear state, is at a crucial juncture in a history marked by internal divisions and economic malaise. What happens next will have major implications for the South Asian state of 220 million...
Sri Lanka has reached a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a loan of about $2.9 billion, the global lender said on Thursday, as the country seeks a way out its...
The world witnessed a spectacular turn of events when the Afghan Taliban stormed into the Presidential Palace after the inevitable collapse of the Afghan government which abandoned the citizens in a bid to save...
The past week saw a flurry of tense exchanges in the Indian subcontinent. The purported visit of a Chinese space and satellite tracking vessel to the port city of Hambantota in Sri Lanka raised...
India’s apprehensions that China is using Sri Lanka to expand its clout in the Asia-Pacific region seem to be not borne out of a far-fetched imagination. India has every reason to suspect the movement...
The horrific saga of the ‘protestors’ storming the presidential palace in Sri Lanka is a memory that lacks precedence. For many, the act of setting ablaze PM Wickremasinghe’s residence was an apt metaphor of...
If there is one country where everything has gone wrong, it is India’s neighbor, Sri Lanka. Since the country gained independence from Britain in 1948, it has not seen the turmoil that it is...
Introduction What is happening today in Sri Lanka is result of years of mismanagement. The country has run out of money and the economy is worsening. Sri Lanka relies on imported goods even for...
Introduction and historical background The history of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation is a very elaborate one. The organization was established in the year 1985 with the adoption of the charter by...
