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.

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.

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.

Reading Time: 20 min read LKI’s Adam Collins and Malinda Meegoda explore ways Sri Lanka can develop and expand its economic links with countries in the Latin American regions.

Reading Time: 16 min read LKI’s Nilupul Gunawardena discusses how it is in Sri Lanka’s best interest to engage with the major powers of the Indo-Pacific, through continued cooperation in all areas that could benefit Sri Lanka.

Reading Time: < 1 min read LKI’s Malinda Meegoda explores Autonomous weapons in the South Asian context: Risks and countermeasures in the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) report titled The Impact of Artificial Intelligence On Strategic Stability And Nuclear Risk.

Reading Time: < 1 min read With China increasing its soft power and foreign aid during the COVID-19 pandemic, Sri Lanka’s experience of BRI projects provides useful lessons for others. See this recently published Chatham House paper on Chinese Investment and the BRI in Sri Lanka.

Reading Time: < 1 min read In this journal article, LKI’s Ganeshan Wignaraja  examines the gains for South Asian economies from integrating with East Asia and India’s role in this process.