August 2020
Reading Time: 20 min read LKI’s Angela Huettemann, Chathuni Pabasara, and Nikhita Panwar analyses the multi-faceted relationship between Sri Lanka and India, and highlights areas for strengthened bilateral cooperation and associated policy implications.
Reading Time: 19 min read LKI’s Ganeshan Wignaraja looks at how smaller Asian economies can benefit from mega infrastructure initiatives while minimising costs, and examines this question through regional integration and cost-benefit analysis.
July 2020
Reading Time: 22 min read LKI’s Chathuni Pabasara explores how Sri Lanka can deepen economic ties with ASEAN in a post COVID-19 world.
Reading Time: < 1 min read In this journal titled ‘Trade insight: COVID- 19 LDCs and South Asia’, LKI’s Ganeshan Wignaraja and Angela Huettemann discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Sri Lanka.
June 2020
Reading Time: 5 min read LKI’s recent Spotlight interview with Ambassor Rakesh Sood, former Indian diplomat, columnist, and foreign affairs expert, on India’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and regional developments.
Reading Time: 5 min read LKI recently interviewed Professor Sirimal Abeyratne, Professor of Economics at the University of Colombo, and the current Chairman of the Monetary Policy Consultative Committee of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, on Sri Lanka’s economy in the Covid- 19 era.
Reading Time: 9 min read LKI’s Sandunika Hasangani analyses emerging techno-politics between 5G vendors and nation-states, and explores possible implications for smaller countries like Sri Lanka.
May 2020
Reading Time: < 1 min read LKI supported Pathfinder Foundation to prepare action-oriented recommendations on a post-COVID-19 Sri Lankan economy.
Reading Time: 8 min read LKI’s Chattalie Jayatilaka looks at how digital diplomacy has impacted international relations and recommendations for Sri Lanka.
April 2020
Reading Time: < 1 min read LKI’s Angela Huettemann discusses the impact of and responses to the COVID- 19 spread in Sri Lanka, in a country brief for the Overseas Development Institute.