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Vaqar Ahmed is the Joint Executive Director of the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), a policy research institution in Pakistan.
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Grace Asirwatham is the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka (MFA). She has held several senior positions in the Ministry, the most recent being Additional Secretary for Economic Affairs and Trade, West (Political Affairs), and Middle East and Africa.
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Nuthara Bandara was a Communications Assistant at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI).
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Bart W. Édes is a former international economist in the International Trade Administration of the United States Department of Commerce. He currently serves as the Asian Development Bank’s North American Representative.
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Rajiv Bhatia, Distinguished Fellow, Gateway House, is a former Ambassador. He served as Joint Secretary, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Myanmar (BSM) Division in the Ministry of External Affairs during 1991-94.
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Aaron Francis Chan was previously Assistant Vice President covering Filipino clients at ING Bank N.V., as well as Head of Inward Investment and Economic Advisor for the British Embassy in Manila. He holds an MSc in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics.
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Charles Cole is a former Research Assistant.
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Adam Collins is a Research Fellow at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI).
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Dr. Radhika Coomaraswamy is the former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, and Member of the Board of Management of the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI).
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Shakthi De Silva was a Research Assistant at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI). The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own and not the institutional views of LKI, nor do they necessarily reflect the position of any other institution or individual with which the author is affiliated.
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Anishka De Zylva was a Research Associate at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI).
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Prabir De is a Professor at the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), an autonomous policy research institute and the Head of ASEAN-India Centre (AIC), India.
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Dr. Shanta Devarajan is a Professor of Practice at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service, Washington DC, and the former Senior Director for Development Economics at the World Bank.
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N.R. Ravindra Deyshappriya is Research Director at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI).
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Simon Draper is the Executive Director of the Asia New Zealand Foundation.
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Dr. Ellen L. Frost is a Senior Advisor and Fellow at the East-West Center’s Washington office and a Visiting Distinguished Research Fellow at the National Defense University. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own and not the institutional views of LKI, nor do they necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the National Defense University, the Department of Defense, or the US government.
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Dr. Anuji Gamage (MBBS, MSc, MD (Community Medicine), Grad. Certificate in Economics, MSc. (Health Economics and Policy) (Australia), is a Public Health specialist attached to the Ministry of Health Sri Lanka with over ten years of Public Health experience attached to different organizations of the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka. She is an Australia Awards Alumna.
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Nilupul Gunawardena is a Research Fellow at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI).
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Nimaya Harris was a Programmes and Communications Assistant at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI).
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Senal Hewage was a Research and Programmes Assistant at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI)
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Zhenqian Huang is an Associate Economic Affairs Officer in the Macroeconomic Policy and Financing for Development Division of ESCAP. She is a member of the core team that produces the ESCAP flagship annual publication, the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific.
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Angela Huettemann is a Research Fellow at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI).
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Divya Hundlani is a Research Fellow at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI).
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Nuzaifa Hussain is the Communications Manager at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI).
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Farah Ibrahim is a Communications Assistant at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI).
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Chattalie Jayatilaka is a Research Assistant at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies
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Lauren A. Johnston is a Senior Research Associate (Economics) at Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), Berlin. She was a consultant to the World Bank and UNICEF in Beijing, and a Research Fellow in the Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne.
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Pabasara Kannangara is a Research Associate at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI).
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Dr. Natalie Klein is a Nonresident Fellow at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI), and a Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia.
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Ambassador Yogendra Kumar retired from diplomatic service in 2012 in the rank of Secretary to the Government of India. He was previously Ambassador to the Philippines, High Commissioner in Namibia, and Ambassador to Tajikistan.
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Dr. Priya Lall is a Visiting Research Fellow at the School of Geography, Queen Mary University of London.
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Aquilah Latiff is a former intern at the Ministry and a final year economics student at the Royal Institute in Colombo.
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Dr. Li Li is a Senior Research Professor at the Institute of International Relations, Tsinghua University, and Director of Center for South Asian Studies.
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Dr. Srinivasa Madhur is the Senior Adjunct Professor at the Pannasastra University of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, and the former Senior Director at Asian Development Bank, Manila.
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Shihan Maharoof is a Research Assistant at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI).
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Nimaya Mallikahewa was a Communications Assistant at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI).
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Malinda Meegoda is a Research Associate at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI).
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D. L. Mendis is the former Director of the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS). He has worked and travelled extensively in this region as UN Legal Expert/Adviser. He has also lectured on this subject at the Bandaranaike International Diplomatic Training Institute (BIDTI) to Foreign Service recruits.
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Joan Moonesinghe is a Fellow and Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, London, and an Associate of the Institute of Bankers Sri Lanka. She is also former Director of Bank Supervision, Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
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Natasha Perera is a Communications Assistant at LKI.
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Nikhita Panwar is a Research Assistant at LKI
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Dr. Amitendu Palit is a Senior Research Fellow and Research Lead (Trade and Economic Policy) at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), an autonomous research institute at the National University of Singapore.
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Dr. Dinusha Panditaratne is a Nonresident Fellow, and the former Executive Director at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI).
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Dr. Kadira Pethiyagoda was the Research Director, Global Governance Programme, at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI), and is a Nonresident Fellow at Brookings Doha.
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Cassendra Pinto was a Programmes and Communications Assistant at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI).
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Dr. Nihal Pitigala is a Consultant at the World Bank and a Senior Trade Economist specializing in regional and multilateral integration, trade competitiveness, global value chains and trade policy reforms.
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Selim Raihan is the Executive Director of the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM), a non-profit research organization in Bangladesh.
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Rapti Ratnayake was a Research Associate at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI).
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Dr. Razeen Sally is a Visiting Associate Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.
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Sandunika Hasangani is a Research Fellow at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI)
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Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu is the founder Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA), and a member of the Foreign Policy Advisory Group. These remarks were delivered at a joint event held by LKI and Chatham House, UK, on Chinese outbound investment and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own and not the institutional views of LKI, nor do they necessarily reflect the position of any other institution or individual with which the author is affiliated.
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Puspa Sharma is the Executive Director of South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE), Nepal.
South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE) is a regional network of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from five South Asian countries: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
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Simon Bell is the Managing Director of AMBA Estate. He is also the previous Director on A. T. Kearney’s Global Business Policy Council and international investor and consultant.
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Myra Sivaloganathan was a Research Associate at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI) until December 2017, as a LankaCorps Fellow supported by The Asia Foundation.
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Meera Sivasubramaniam was a Communications Assistant at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI).
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Nishadi Thennakoon is the Deputy Director, Central Bank of Sri Lanka, and an attorney-at-law. She can be reached at nishaditen@gmail.com.
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Plamen Tonchev is the Head of Asia Unit, Institute of International Economic Relations in Athens, Greece. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own and not the institutional views of LKI, nor do they necessarily reflect the position of any other institution or individual with which the author is affiliated.
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Udeshika Jayasekara is a Researcher at the Institute of National Security Studies Sri Lanka (INSSSL), national think tank under the Ministry of Defence.
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Chitranganee Wagiswara is a former Foreign Secretary of Sri Lanka and High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India, and currently a member of the Board of Management of the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI).
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Barana Waidyatilake was a Research Fellow at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI) in Colombo.
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Menik Wakkumbura is a visiting lecturer at the Bandaranaike International Diplomatic Training Institute, and a lecturer at the Department of International Relations, University of Colombo.
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Heng Wang is Associate Professor and Co-Director of the China International Business and Economic Law Initiative of the Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Sydney, and University Visiting Professorial Fellow, Southwest University of Political Science and Law.
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Dr. Ganeshan Wignaraja is the Executive Director of the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI).
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Anushka Wijesinha is an economist and an Advisor to the Ministry of Development Strategies and International Trade.