November 2023
Reading Time: 2 min read The Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI) hosted an expert roundtable consultation on 18th October 2023 with the theme “Strengthening Engagement in U.S.-Sri Lanka Relations”.
October 2023
Reading Time: < 1 min read The LKI Update brings you a round-up of the latest activities from the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute.
September 2023
Reading Time: < 1 min read LKI’s Dilmini Hasintha Abeyrathne examines debt restructuring in Ghana, Zambia and Sri Lanka and IMF financial assistance as lessons to countries in debt distress.
Reading Time: 2 min read LKI’s Michael Iveson examines the opportunity costs associated with Sri Lanka’s external debt and proposes a “Debt-for-Renewables Swap” as an effective solution to address climate, debt and energy sector vulnerabilities.
Reading Time: < 1 min read LKI’s Executive Director Ravinatha Aryasinha outlines seven key global dynamics that policymakers must both contend with, and where possible seek to take advantage of, as they grapple with crafting a sustainable foreign policy for Sri Lanka.
August 2023
Reading Time: 2 min read LKI’s Michael Iveson and Timothy Shankar examine debt and climate vulnerabilities in Sri Lanka and the importance of climate finance for essential infrastructure investments in developing countries.
December 2022
Reading Time: 12 min read Toyesha Padukkage examines the importance of COP267 climate summit and its key achievements and shortcomings.
Reading Time: < 1 min read The purpose of this Special Provisions draft Bill is to provide a legal framework to deal with marine pollution prevention in Sri Lanka. This draft Bill seeks to transform several IMO conventions relating to marine pollution into national legislation.
Reading Time: 12 min read LKI’s Dr. D.L. Mendis analyses the three legal instruments that global governance rests on and the challenges States face in navigating these complex binding and non-binding instruments and norms.
October 2022
Reading Time: 8 min read Alisha Rajaratnam examines the nature of Illegal, unreported & unregulated fishing (IUU), and considers Sri Lanka’s efforts in managing IUU fishing.
