Survival of a State in the Face of International Hegemony; Sri Lankan Perspective

Abstract

Sri Lanka encounters many challenges due to significance of geographical positioning in the Indian Ocean. As a result of this geopolitical situation time to time this littoral states tranquility was hampered by the great powers. in the end there were numerous hardships to its citizens and damages to wealth and properties of the country. However, in the recent defeat of the separatist terrorism movement in year 2009 is paving a path towards stability again to the country. It is Important to understand that victory was a hardship of all patriotic and peace loving peoples of the country, whatever the ethnic and religious affinities. Most significant focus at this juncture should be to foresee and to articulate strategies' for survival as a stable country in the world stage. To have that, country's security paradigm plays a major role. Analyzing the past and present of the country's history with the contemporary events in the country, region and the world shows the difficulty of facing the mounting hegemony against a small nation.