Home Articles
Sri Lanka
In Aid of a Troubled Maritime Neighbour: India and the Sri Lankan Financial Crisis
Shashank Sharma, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

India’s neighbourhood is in a churn with both Pakistan and Sri Lanka reeling under severe economic and political crises. While Pakistan, obstinately continues to inflict pain unto itself with its self-defeating obduracy, Sri Lanka finds itself at t....

May 17, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Article , Maritime Security , Trincomalee , Mahinda Rajapaksa , Neighbourhood First , Gotabaya Rajapaksa , Colombo port , Hambantota port , Sri Lankan Financial Crisis
Can Sri Lanka break the Chinese hold?
Dr Gunjan Singh Commentary

Sri Lanka a tiny island country in the Indian Ocean has become an example of what Chinese investments can achieve. In the last two decades Sri Lanka has received around 15 billion in investments from China, making it one of the largest investors in t....

May 10, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Commentary , China , Sri Lanka , South Asia , Indian Ocean , BRI , Chinese Foreign Policy , Sri Lankan economy , China Sri Lanka relations , Economic crisis in Sri Lanka , Chinese investments in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's Current Economic and Political Crisis
PM Heblikar

Sri Lanka in India's neighborhood is reeling under economic, political, and social crisis. To listen to the insightful views on the reasons and implications of current development, join us on the podcast by Shri PM. Heblikar and Cchavi Vasisht. ....

May 05, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , China , Political Crisis , Podcast , Economic Crisis Srilanka
Developments in Sri Lanka and Its Implications

Vivekananda International Foundation organized a virtual meeting on 11 April 2022 in the episode of the Strategic Discussion Series with the theme "Development in Sri Lanka and its implementation". The welcome address was given by Lt General R K S....

April 22, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Conferences
श्रीलंका में ब्लैकआउट विद्युत क्षेत्र पर आर्थिक संकट का दुष्प्रभाव
Nikhil Sahu, Young Professional, VIF Article

पृष्ठभूमि
अपने सबसे बुरे आर्थिक संकट से जूझ रहे श्रीलंका ने 2 मार्च 2020 को राज्य भर में साढ़े ....

April 05, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Article , Blackout in Srilanka , power crisis in Srilanka , an economic crisis in SriLanka , India- Sri Lanka , China in Sri Lanka , emergency in Sri Lanka , श्रीलंका में ब्लैकआउट , श्रीलंका में बिजली संकट श्रीलंका में आर्थिक संकट , भारत- श्रीलंका , श्रीलंका में चीन , श्रीलंका में आपातकाल
बेकाबू होती श्रीलंकाई अर्थव्यवस्था; आइएमएफ से मदद की गुहार
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera Article

श्रीलंका में छाई आर्थिक मंदी हाल के दशकों में सबसे खराब है, जिसने कई परिवारों को गरीबी के मुंह म....

March 04, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Article , भारत , अर्थव्यवस्था , श्रीलंका , आइएमएफ
Sri Lankan Economy Spiralling out of control; Requests IMF assistance
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera Commentary

Sri Lanka’s economic meltdown is one of the worst in recent decades, pushing many families into poverty. The situation is rapidly spiralling out of control with multiple ill prescribed economic policies. The unstable economic crisis is clearly on t....

February 14, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Commentary , India , economy , Sri Lanka , IMF
Fresh Impetus to India-Sri Lanka Ties
Rup Narayan Das Article

In a very significant development which will give an impetus to India-Sri Lanka relations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is inaugurating the direct flight from Sri Lanka to Kushinagar on 20th October. A number of high dignitaries and Buddhist monks fr....

October 20, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Article , modi , Rajapaksa , Kushinagar , Tamil diaspora , Shringla , 13th Amendment , Narvane , Mitra Shakti , Hambantota , Adani
Colombo Security Conclave Emerges
Amb Gurjit Singh Article

On 9 August, Prime Minister Modi had the unique distinction of being the first Prime Minister of India to chair a session at the UN Security Council. It was carefully crafted to focus on the important issue of maritime security. It was debated at hig....

August 16, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Maldives , Article , India , China , Maldives , Maritime Security , PM Modi , Indian Ocean , Colombo
Talk on China in Rajapakse 2.0: Ports and Geo-Political Challenges

On 02 August 2021, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a talk by Prof Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, author and Senior Advisor on Security and Geopolitics, Sri Lanka, on "China in Rajapakse 2.0: Ports and Geo-Political Challenges in Sr....

August 05, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Sri Lanka , Interaction , China , Belt and Road Initiative , Rajapakse , Hambantota port
Contact Us