Reshaping Sri Lanka’s foreign policy amidst a turbulent world order View(s):By Dr. Harinda VidanageThe mood in the global political landscape over the last few years of the conduct of international affairs between states, non-state and sub-state actors has been quite pensive. The necessity that drives Sri Lanka’s foreign policy future is finding ways and means to achieve a sort of strategic autonomy to navigate the above uncertainty by introducing a set of robust foreign policy pillars. There is a distinct emergence of a set of foreign policy pillars that were absent in Sri Lankan foreign policy articulations for a great period. Sri Lanka’s foreign policy administration was required to maintain a constant calibration of its approach to Delhi and swiftly make course corrections when necessary. In the absence of a framework or common set of pillars of foreign policy for a long time, the current efforts by President Wickremesinghe bear the hallmarks of an effort to forge a comprehensive foreign policy framework.

Source: Sunday Times February 05, 2024 14:14 UTC