August 2019
Reading Time: 8 min read LKI’s Adam Collins breaks down the details of the proposed Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact programme in Sri Lanka, and highlights the implications for the country.
July 2019
Reading Time: 8 min read Dr. Dinusha Panditaratne, Nonresident Fellow, LKI, spoke on China’s commercial and military presence in the Indian Ocean at a conference on ‘Views of China’s Presence in the Indian Ocean,’ organised by CNA.
Reading Time: 5 min read LKI spoke with Dr. David Brewster Senior Research Fellow, National Security College at the Australia National University, about Australia’s priorities in the Indian Ocean, and alliances such as the Indo-Pacific and the Quad.
May 2019
Reading Time: < 1 min read Prof. Natalie Klein underlines the continued importance of UNCLOS for the Indian Ocean, and identifies a series of emerging issues and possible responses.
April 2019
Reading Time: 6 min read LKI’s recent Spotlight with Dr. Darren Lim, Senior Lecturer at The Australian National University discusses Australia’s increasing pivot to the Indian Ocean region, and other foreign policy-related security and governance issues.
March 2019
Reading Time: 10 min read LKI’s Nilupul Gunawardena and Shihan Maharoof examine the key aspects of money laundering, the emerging challenges and its impact in Sri Lanka. This Explainer also looks at the vital domestic and international legal instruments in force to combat money laundering.
January 2019
Reading Time: 6 min read LKI recently interviewed Professor Andrew Serdy, Professor of Public International Law and Ocean Governance at the University of Southampton, to examine different aspects of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
November 2018
Reading Time: 10 min read LKI’s Adam Collins and Pabasara Kannangara explains the IMF’s function, governance and the current state of IMF loans to Sri Lanka.
Reading Time: 5 min read LKI spoke with Professor Lutz-Christian Wolff, Wei Lun Professor of Law and Dean of the Graduate School of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, about investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanisms in international agreements.
Reading Time: 5 min read LKI’s Nilupul Gunawardena examines the key aspects of the Convention on Cybercrime, a vital international legal instrument to regulate cybercrime, which Sri Lanka is party to.
