“Sri Lanka at Crossroads: Geopolitical Challenges and National Interests “ ( World Scientific, Singapore), written by Asanga Abeyagoonasekera will be launched at 4pm on December 21 ( Friday)at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute, 24, Horton Place, Colombo 7.
Dr. Sarath Amunugama will be the chief guest and deliver the keynote address, followed by a paneldi cussion with the participation of key practitioners in regional affairs, Prof Swaran Singh, of Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, Emeritus Prof Vini Vitharana and Prof Eugene de Silva of Virginia Research Institute USA.
‘Sri Lanka at Crossroads’ dwells into a long list of regional issues and areas of potential cooperation as outlined by Abeyagoonasekera, who is also the Director General of Institute of National Security Studies Sri Lanka (INSSSLK), the premier national security think tank under the Ministry of Defence.
“It is a classic realistic portrayal of Sri Lanka’s pivotal position, of her intertwined relations with India, China and of her options for the future,” writes Shivashankar Menon, former foreign secretary and National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India.
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