The ocean is vital for the economy and food production for small islands like Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and to the coastal areas of the Indian subcontinent. In the neighbouring countries of India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, over 16 million people depend either directly or indirectly on marine fisher...
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Energy self-sufficiency has gained renewed importance among small island states such as Sri Lanka and the Maldives in the past few decades. Sri Lanka is the fourth largest electricity-producing nation in South Asia. On the other hand, there has been a revival of the Maldives energy policy...
The visually appealing Colombo city skyline has experienced dramatic change in the past few years, surrounded by iconic skyscrapers, high-rise residential condominiums and construction cranes hovering in different parts of the city. These new infrastructure projects are real signs of ...
China imposed the universal fishing ban in the South China Sea starting from May to mid-August for all fishermen from the Spratly islands claimant countries. Imposing a ban on fishing during catch season impacts the livelihood of fishermen. It also interferes with the protein intake of the coastal c...
In the backdrop of the military scuffles that occurred in the past three weeks between India and China, palpable tensions have emerged in different sectors along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), specifically in the Ladakh theatre. The first incident was triggered on the intervening night of May 5th...
Soon after its formation in 1948, the newly created state of Israel initiated a multidimensional foreign policy in expanding its diplomatic relations with all countries around the world, regardless of their geographical size and political clout at the international level. In South Asia, the nascent ...
After more than two months of coronavirus-induced lockdown India’s closest neighbour, Sri Lanka, is slowly easing its lockdowns across cities. Following the deadly coronavirus epidemic in Sri Lanka, nearly 1024 have so far been hospitalised, and nine persons succumbed to t...
There is an expectation that coronavirus pandemic would be under control to a certain degree. Sri Lanka needs to look at effective structural adjustment programs (SAP) to spur the overall economic growth. However, if the coronavirus pandemic is contained by the middle of this yea...