Defence and Strategic Studies: Recent submissions
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Impact of Emotional Intelligence of Leadership Effectiveness on Job Satisfaction of Sri Lanka Army
(2015)This study is aimed to findout how emotional intelligence can be applied to enhance the leadership effectiveness and job satisfaction of military personnel in Sri Lanka Army. Within the course of this study, it has been ... -
Military Assisting Police During Crowd Dispersal Duties: Addressing the Gray Area of Sri Lankan Pragmatism
(2015)Military and Police forces are established in every state with the prime objective of preserving state and internal security respectively. Moreover, in some occasions Military assist Police in order to uphold peace and ... -
Mission Command; a Perceptible Solution for Future Challenges of the Army
(2015)Command and control (C2) is an essential element of the art and science of warfare. C2 is the lifeblood, through which, commanders initiate and integrate all military functions and operations toward a common goal—mission ... -
The Engagement of KDU in Executing the National Security
(2015)National Security is a diversified approach that defines integration of national territory and its institutions which are required for the stability of a country. The concept is mostly perceived the sovereignty and its ... -
Effects of Reintegration modalities on Ex-Combatants in Kilinochchi and Jaffna; A Situation Analysis
(2015)The UNDP presents that violent conflicts cause poverty and poverty also increases the likelihood of civil war. UNDP further states that countries with low, stagnant, unequally distributed per-capita incomes and heavily ... -
Reforming Security Sector to Inculcate Professionalism: An Integrated Security Policy for Sri Lanka
(2015)Security is a pre request for any sovereign state in its way towards the prosperity of its citizens. Sound security policies have made grate states remarkably stand as iconic. To reach this magnitude of success, Security, ... -
Foreign Involvement of Terrorism in Sri Lanka during Conflict Era - An Appraisal
(2015)This paper discusses more than 25 years long period of terrorism in Sri Lanka and influence of foreign elements. It further elaborates how an organization formed by handful of youths became one of the most ruthless terrorist ... -
Islamic State and the Demise of Westphalia: A new look at Sovereignty in the Middle East
(2015)This research attempts to clarify the present situation in the Middle East, particularly in terms of the challenges to the supremacy of sovereignty. The concept of sovereignty, stemming from Western civilization following ... -
Promoting National Reconciliation: A way forward to Inclusive National Security
(2015)since the protracted armed conflict ended in 2009, a fresh approach in rebuilding civil peace was demanded by all communities in Sri Lanka. Strengthening of national security was regarded as one of the paramount issues in ... -
The changing face of the LTTE: Ascertaining the threat of the Tamil diaspora’s use of public diplomacy on Sri Lanka.
(2015)Tamil diaspora has been part and parcel of the Eelam struggle of the LTTE from its inception. After the decisive military defeat of the LTTE in 2009, the Tamil diaspora became the only functioning organ of the extended ... -
Sri Lanka’s Strategic Relevance in the South Asian Region: An Analysis of India’s Indian Ocean Strategy and China’s Maritime Silk Route Initiative
(2015)Both China and India have shown an increasing interest towards the Indian Ocean and have towards this end, engineered several key strategies and initiatives, i.e. the Maritime Silk Route initiative by the former and the ... -
Maritime Security and Theories of Naval Warfare: Way Ahead for a Professional Navy
(2015)Sri Lanka was engaged in a long drawn conflict for nearly three decades. The ocean around the country played a crucial role in this conflict. The government of Sri Lanka paid dearly for not maintaining maritime security ... -
China-Africa Political and Security Relations: An Analysis of Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Documents
(2015)There has been a tremendous growth in China-Africa relations in the last twenty years. As part of this growth political and security links between them have also grown. In the security sphere statements issued by FOCAC ... -
An Analytical Study on Nuclear Weapon Testing, Controlling and Eliminating the Use of Nuclear Weapons
(2015)The weapons used for mass destruction can be identified as nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC). The controlling, reduction and eventual elimination of the use of nuclear weapons are analyzed as the main objective of the ... -
Nuclear Terrorism and Theft at Borders
(2015)Effectively managing country’s border against the proliferation of nuclear substance is a considerable security risk that is faced by the border protection agencies. These state owned border agencies are expected to maintain ... -
Maritime strategy for national development: Sri Lankan perspective
(2015)The maritime space around Sri Lanka changed to a greater extent with the end of LTTE terrorism in year 2009. Being located at the Indian Ocean (IO) in a strategically important location, Sri Lanka has a significant role ... -
Soft Power as a Tool in Indian Foreign Policy
(2015)India, the largest and most powerful country in the South Asian region, has a major role in keeping diplomatic relation within region than with other western or Middle East regions. Hence, Indian foreign policy is more ... -
India - Sri Lanka Relations: Examining Domestic Factors and External Influences on State Behaviour
(2015)Bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and its northern neighbour- India- have traditionally been critical for both countries. The implication of such a close proximity is that, developments in each country have bearing on ... -
Nepal-India and Sri Lanka-India relations in the Regional Context since 1987
(2015)Nepal is a landlocked country which is situated between the boarders of two regional powers, India and China. Throughout history India has had concerns over the politics and security of Nepal. As a result of sharing boarders ...