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Metamorphosing Sri Lankan Old School Military Thoughts by Incorporating Artificial Intelligence to Face the New Normalities
(2020)The ongoing wave of 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) marks the dawn of a new age for every aspect of our modern society, including the military. While the 4IR is set to disrupt our society, it also provides vast opportunities ... -
National Security and Health: Communication in a Pandemic
(2020)Countries deal with more than national security to safeguard its citizens. Health problems are a crucial part of the general wellbeing of the people. As the global pandemic of 2020 showed, the population’s health is an ... -
Prospects of Improving Civil-Military Integration to Address Maritime Drug Trafficking in Sri Lanka
(2020)Centrality of its location in east west sea lanes has placed Sri Lanka in both advantageous and disadvantageous positions in the context of national security. Though Sri Lanka does not have an immediate threat for ... -
Re-thinking the Sri Lankan Approach of Countering Islamist Violent Extremism
(2020)With the rise of Islamic State (IS), South Asian terrorist groups have been vehemently influenced since many of the terror groups such as Tanẓim Ansar al-Tawheed fi Bilad al-Hind, Tehreek-e-Khilafat, Jundullah etc. have ... -
Recruitment Rhetoric: Media Strategies of the Islamic State and Al-Qa`ida
(2020)Salafi-Jihadi information operations are designed to manipulate, radicalize, and recruit from the global Muslim population. This paper examines the global outreach operations of prominent Salafi-Jihadi groups, in an ... -
Returns to Old Eurasian Heartland: China’s New Strategic Game towards Central Asia in 21st Century
(2020)The China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) position of Central Asia is in a crucial point and it is more vital as the hub of cross regional, long distance loops of trade, investment, and infrastructure development. In this ... -
The Role of Sri Lanka’s Private Security Sector in Assisting the Nation During Pandemics and Natural Disasters
(2020)The role of private security companies (PSC) has become ever more significant in the 21st century as the world faces increasingly complex threats which require holistic and multidimensional solutions. Non-traditional security ... -
Safety of Life at Sea: Current Status of Sri Lanka
(2020)Asia is rising as the global economic power. Consequently, seaborne activities including flow of maritime trade container port activities, cruise industry as well as the fishery activities are increasing in the Indian ... -
The Significance of Co-operative Maritime Diplomacy to Curb Transnational Maritime Crimes in Sri Lanka
(2020)In this paper, the researcher attempts to research contemporary requirement of Sri Lanka to build better international relationship with countries through co-operative maritime diplomacy, in order to curb the transnational ...