A Holistic Approach to National Security of Sri Lanka

Abstract

Most spoken effects of the 9/11 Chapter seem to fade away with the new development of the COVID 19 pandemic situation and beyond today. Priorities for security does not limit to terrorism where the world is discussing pandemic security, economic security, environmental security, and social security at large. However, it is not a new concept, and some countries are adopting similar strategies to manage their national interests since national security always depends on each nation’s interests. Hence, it is pertinent to study the holistic approach to national security and see whether it is suitable for developing nations like Sri Lanka. First, Researchers selected countries already adopted a holistic approach to their national security for background study. Having considered Chinese, Indian, Pakistan, Singapore, USA, and United Nations (UN) approaches to national security, researchers decided ten important components to analyze as the literature. Moreover, the Global Peace Index (GPI) 2019 was used to select the most peaceful, average, and least peaceful five countries each to analyze whether those results have any impact on their approaches in particular. Finally, threat perception was taken into consideration to select the most suitable aspects to form a holistic approach to the national security of Sri Lanka and suggested an appropriate holistic approach to Sri Lanka by considering those factors and the present situation.