| dc.description.abstract | This paper discusses the requirement of
reorienting the port policy of Sri Lanka. The port
policy directly concerns national interest and the
fundamental values of the state that are strategically
significant for acquiring, managing, and controlling
the global power strategy. At present, Sri Lanka is
expanding port policies due to the shift in the power
of the global economic arena. Therefore,
Hambanthota and Colombo port have given
significance to Sri Lanka and made them maritime
influencers in their own rights. In this context, each
of the global powers will see a threat to itself if the
Government of Sri Lanka is to favour one over the
other. Even though Sri Lanka has applied the nonalignment
policy approach, the littoral state, port
policy of Sri Lanka faces the dilemma of balancing or
bandwagoning strategy with the state and non-state
actors. The objectives of the present research are to
explain the geo strategic importance of Sri Lanka in
terms of port power and to critically examine the
challenges to the port policy of Sri Lanka, to
investigate the positive and negative impact of
challenges to the port security of Sri Lanka. Research
methods of the present research deal with both
descriptive and analytical in nature. The study is
mainly based on secondary sources. This research
found the unstable port policies with the frequent
change of domestic government resulted in chaos in
the economic stability. Observation has made the
reluctance of co-operation and difficulty of managing
and understanding maritime agreements, and lack of
coherent functionalism in the port policies. Thus, a
non-aligned strategic approach would be the best
port policy for Sri Lanka. Further, the structure of the
international system is influential, and Sri Lanka
must not persuade the individual character of the
leader where port policies must base on an in-depth
understanding of the maritime concepts and theories
and apply them into function. | en_US |
