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Analysing Covid-19 as a Modern Strategy in International Power Game
(2020)‘New Coronavirus’ or ‘COVID-19’ is identified as a ‘pandemic’ by the World Health Organization. Apart from the concerns on health security of world population, this pandemic was able to create chaos in the international ... -
Big Data Analytics: Best Practices from Singapore in the Context of Sri Lanka’s Digital Defence Requirements
(2020)The information age has resulted in massive amounts of data being shared online and data being created over multiple platforms including smart devices. Such amounts of data create big data that can be used to understand ... -
Corruption Circle of Sri Lanka:The Second Largest Enemy to the State
(2020)A set of fundamental principles and core values are required to govern any state. However, the deep-seated causes and effects of corruption in a system kill people’s satisfaction. Notwithstanding, the stagnation or ... -
The Drift of Ancient Kingdoms in the Post-Polonnaruwa Period: A Critical View of the Causes of Decline of Sinhala Kingdom
(2020)The Sinhalese monarchy has its origins in the settlement of North-Indian Aryan immigrants to the island of Sri Lanka. According to historical records, the first Sinhalese kingdom was established by King Vijaya in the valley ... -
The Drivers of Islamist Extremism in Sri Lanka
(2020)The vicious cycle of violent extremism based on religious and ethnic lines which continuous to plague the world as one of the greatest threats to global security has gained renewed momentum in recent times. The current ... -
Economic Effects of War on a Country: An Overlook of Sri Lankan Economy During the Period of Civil War
(2020)Sri Lanka is a country that faced a war for three decades. Both the extremists and armed forces faced major losses including thousands of lives. Expenses for recruiting and maintaining a large military and the purchase of ... -
Emerging CBRNE Threat from Industrial and Medical Fields to the National Security of Sri Lanka
(2020)Number of manufacturing industries and medical institutions in Sri Lanka are using variety of CBRNE agents that could cause severe damage if those agents are released to the environment due to behavioural patterns such as ... -
The First War of Unification in Sri Lanka: A Critical Analysis
(2020)The war fought between King Duttagamini and King Elara in the 1st Century BC was commonly known as the first war of unification in Sri Lanka. Until then, the country has not been referred to by the historians as a single ... -
Hambanthota: Revival of Maritime Silk Route Indo-Pacific Strategy, Power Rivalry in the Region and its Impact on Sri Lanka
(2020)There is a significant shift in the United States’ focus from Middle East to South Asia and more towards South East Asia, which is now termed as the Indo-Pacific Region along with a considerable change in their foreign ... -
A Holistic Approach to National Security of Sri Lanka
(2020)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 ... -
Holistic Framework for Migrating Military Applications into Cloud Computing and Ensuring National Security and National Growth of Sri Lanka
(2020)The golden rule and principle in today’s digital world is ‘right to gather information and right to distribute it in right time’. When it comes to military related operations whether security operations in own country or ... -
The Impact of Leader Images in Sri Lanka’s Foreign Policy Making from 2005 to 2019
(2020)Any leader of a country, as its foreign policy executive (FPE), may perceive systemic stimuli with surgical precision, hence positioning his country in a foreign policy trajectory, which in turn facilitates the realization ... -
The Indo-Pacific: An Examination of Regional Instruments for Improved Coordination
(2020)The Indo-Pacific has become the focal point of discussion among strategists in the 21st century, which is evident from the implementation of different instruments such as the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue and the ...