March 2018
Reading Time: 7 min read LKI spoke with Caren Grown, Senior Director, Gender, at the World Bank Group, to discuss the global gender gap, how it might be closed, and what developmental benefits that would bring.
Reading Time: 8 min read LKI spoke with Simon Bell on country branding and its role in promoting the country’s identity and foreign policy.
Reading Time: 10 min read LKI’s Pabasara Kannangara and Daniella Kern examine the significance of the World Trade Organization from a Sri Lankan perspective, analyse the system’s current challenges, and explore possible reforms to the system.
February 2018
Reading Time: 11 min read LKI’s Malinda Meegoda analyses key aspects of the Nuclear Ban Treaty, Sri Lanka’s foreign policy on nuclear weapons, and implications for the country.
Reading Time: 12 min read LKI spoke with Prof. Rory Medcalf on the Indo-Pacific, possibilities for Sri-Lanka Australia cooperation on regional security issues, the Quad, and lessons to be learned from other states in the region.
December 2017
Reading Time: 10 min read State Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Sri Lanka, delivered an address on “BIMSTEC at 20 – Priorities for the Future” at LKI.
November 2017
Reading Time: < 1 min read LKI released its first ever Annual Report, in line with its commitment to transparency and good governance.
September 2017
Reading Time: 17 min read LKI’s latest Explainer by Dinuka Malith and Anishka De Zylva, highlight the key aspects of the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement and the implications for Sri Lanka.
August 2017
Reading Time: 14 min read In this LKI Explainer, Anishka De Zylva outlines key aspects of the Paris Agreement and its implications for Sri Lanka’s policymakers in tackling climate change at home—especially in the areas of climate finance, climate-smart investment, and geopolitics.
Reading Time: 5 min read LKI spoke with Hon. Julie Bishop on Australia’s vision and strategies for regional engagement, in light of Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s keynote address at the 2017 Shangri-La Dialogue.
