Articles | Vivekananda International Foundation

Introduction

This article looks at the current political situation in Sri Lanka from a comprehensive strategic point of view. Developments therefore, have a national security perspective keeping India’s objectives and interests in mind. ....

August 29, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Article , India , China , Mahinda Rajapaksa , Gotabaya Rajapaksa , Hambantota , Ranil Wickremasinghe , Sri Lanka Yuan Wang 5

China’s Debt Trap Diplomacy in Sri Lanka

Akhila Nair Article

What is Going on in Sri Lanka?

Sri Lanka is currently experiencing its worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948, as shortages of food and fuel are causing unrest among the citizens. Economic reforms, which included significant ....

July 30, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Sri Lanka , Article , Belt and Road Initiative , Hambantota port , Sri Lanka economic crisis , Debt diplomacy , India- Sri Lanka relations

The Unmaking and Making of Sri Lankan Crisis: Options before India

Dr Rishi Gupta Article

Unfolding Events

Sri Lanka has elected six-time former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new President. In the parliamentary votes Ranil Wickremesinghe received 134 votes against his closest contestant Dullus Alahapperuma got 82 vo....

July 22, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Article , India , China , United States , Mahinda Rajapaksa , Gotabaya Rajapaksa , MCC , Sri Lankan Economic Crisis , Economic Assiatnce , MCC in Sri Lanka , Ranil Wickremesinghe

श्रीलंका: सिंहासन खाली करो कि जनता आती है

Amb JK Tripathi Commentary

राष्ट्रकवि स्व. श्री रामधारी सिंह दिनकर की उपरोक्त पंक्तियाँ श्री लंका की वर्तमान परिस्थिति प�....

July 13, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Commentary , भारत , चीन , श्रीलंका , राजपक्षे , विदेशी मुद्रा

Sri Lankan Leaders: Forcing the Hands of its Citizens

Dr Sreeradha Datta Article

Last Saturday morning (9 July 2022) Sri Lanka faced a level of mayhem on the roads of not only Colombo but all of its major cities as that was most unprecedented but not truly unexpected. For a country that has struggled through ethnic stride, the so....

July 11, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Article , India , economy , Government , IMF , Debt

Talk on Evolving Situation in Sri Lanka

The Vivekananda International Foundation organized a talk on Economic Situation in Sri Lanka on 18 May 2022. The talk was chaired by Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director, Vivekananda International Foundation The economic situation in Sri Lanka is an evolvin....

June 16, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Interaction , China , Sri Lanka crisis , COVID-19 , IMF , Economic crisis in Sri Lanka , Evolving Situation in Sri Lanka

Discussion on "Implications of Political & Economic Crisis in Sri Lanka"

On the 20th of May, 2022, the Vivekananda International Foundation organized a discussion on the 'Implications of the Political and Economic Crisis in Sri Lanka'. The session began with Dr Ganesh Wignaraja, Senior Research Associate at the Overseas D....

June 09, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Conferences , China , United States , Economic crisis , Sri Lankan

संकटग्रस्त समुद्री पड़ोसी की मदद में: भारत और श्रीलंकाई वित्तीय संकट

Shashank Sharma Article

भारत के पड़ोसी देश पाकिस्तान और श्रीलंका गंभीर आर्थिक-राजनीतिक संकट से जूझ रहे हैं। इनमें पाकि....

May 31, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Article , समुद्री सुरक्षा , त्रिंकोमाली , महिन्दा राजपाक्षे , पड़ोस पहले , गोटाबाया राजपाक्षे , कोलंबो बंदरगाह , हम्बनटोटा बंदरगाह , श्रीलंका का आर्थिक संकट

In Aid of a Troubled Maritime Neighbour: India and the Sri Lankan Financial Crisis

Shashank Sharma 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