Interviews with global thought leaders
March 2018
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.
February 2018
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.
August 2017
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.
March 2017
Reading Time: 12 min read To mark International Women’s Day, LKI discussed women and foreign policy with Kavita Ramdas.
Reading Time: 3 min read LKI spoke with Prof. Rashed Uz Zaman to obtain his insights on Sri Lanka-Bangladesh relations and the potential for future bilateral cooperation.
October 2016
Reading Time: 10 min read Dr. Philip Cunliffe of the University of Kent sits down with LKI Executive Director, Dinusha Panditaratne, to discuss U.N. peacekeeping and the contribution of developing countries to peacekeeping operations.
