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ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
(2024-12)The 2023 October 07th attack that killed more than 1200 persons and the abduction of approximately 250 hostages by Hamas from Israel marked a new phrase in the Israel-Palestine conflict. As of 18th December 2024, ... -
WEAPONS OF SRI LANKA: FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES UP TO INDEPENDENCE
(2024-06)From the ancient battlefields of Sri Lanka to the struggles for its independence, the weapons have shaped Sri Lanka’s Military Powers, cultural identity and technological innovations. While existing literature has shed ... -
THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF SIGIRIYA AS A KINGDOM
(2024-06)Sigiriya, an ancient kingdom, demonstrates considerable strategic significance, as evidenced by the technological and military strategies employed during its reign. A closer examination of the tactics used in Sigiriya ... -
STABILITY-INSTABILITY PARADOX IN NUCLEAR SOUTH ASIA
(2024-06)South Asia has its unique security characteristics, and the emerging complexities of nuclear South Asia has created an environment more difficult to be understood. India and Pakistan are two countries that possess nuclear ... -
A GUEST TALK ON ‘UNDERSTANDING NATIONAL SECURITY REFORMS IN INDIA’
(2024-12)On the day of 05th November 2024, Nitin A. Gokhale who served in many ways as an expert and a consultant on Indian National Security was invited to deliver a speech on ‘Understanding National Security Reforms in India’. ... -
RISE OF CHINESE 5G TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVENESS AND GLOBAL TRENDS: IMPLICATIONS SRI LANKA’S NATIONAL SECURITY
(2024-06)In the recent times, China has gained remarkable competitive advantage when it comes to the development of 5G technology. Chinese companies seem to dominate emerging the 5G technology market in the world. Highlighting ... -
Clash of Strategies: Challenge of Preserving the Indo-pacific Equilibrium
(2021)The Indo-Pacific is witnessing fierce strategic competition as an outcome of employing Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) strategies by several leading players to gain pre-eminence. These strategies tilt the geostrategic ... -
Lone Wolf Terrorism: Identifying Future Possible Threats in Sri Lanka
(2021-12)Lone wolf terrorism is arguably becoming one of the most attractive means of trends in terrorism. Identifying a growing pattern of a domino effect after a terrorist attack, post- Easter Sunday attack tenure in the present ... -
The Emerging Regional Power Dilemma in the Indo-pacific Region: Bangladesh and Sri Lankan Perspectives
(2021-12)Fluidity in economic equations, shifts in the balance of power, instability in geopolitical relations, and geoeconomics of disruptive technologies are four cornerstones of international relations of our time, as they ... -
Can the Islamic State - Khorasan Province Resurrect the Caliphate in Afghanistan?
(2021)Following major losses and military setbacks in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) Afghan affiliate – Islamic State of Khorasan Province (IS-K) shows signs of gaining momentum in Afghanistan by ... -
Introducing Iron Man: Exoskeletons in Warfare
(2021)The article looks at the latest developments in the use of exoskeletons in warfare. It attempts to address two major research gaps in the literature – (i) While there are essays on where individual countries are in terms ... -
China, India and the Us Policy Towards the Indian Ocean and Its Implications for Sri Lanka’s Indian Ocean Policy
(2021)Power struggles are a common occurrence in world politics and their impact depends on the nature of the parties to the struggle. As the 21st century being dubbed the century of Asia, the growing competition between China ... -
An Indonesian Perspective on Terror Financing Investigation
(2021-12)The article consists of three key elements: (1) the terror finance trend in Indonesia prior and after 2013, (2) the connection of Indonesian jihadist in global terror finance, and (3) the Indonesian government response ... -
The Globalisation of Middle Eastern Terrorism
(2021-12)Contemporary global terrorism has its roots to Middle East, especially starting from 1960s. The Israel-Palestinian issue has geared up the wave of modern terrorism and then following the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan has ...