Browsing by Author "Madanayaka, S.A.K."

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(Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015) Madanayaka, S.A.K.
China, India and the Balance of Power in South Asia: with Reference to Sri Lanka’s Position
(Department of Economics, University of Kelaniya, 2016) Madanayaka, S.A.K.
Since the ancient period, India is Sri Lanka’s closest neighbor due to the geographical location as well as religious and cultural links between the two countries. Recently, China also becomes a close friend of Sri Lanka mainly in commercial ties. Despite of Sri Lanka, in Indian Ocean there is a competitive rivalry in between the two Asian giants, India and China. The main objective of the study is “to identify the position of Sri Lanka in between the rivalry among Indian and China in South Asia”. Specially, the objective of the study want to find out the policy that Sri Lanka should follow in conducting firm relations with the both countries. The methodology that has used for the study is qualitative in nature and only based on secondary data. And descriptive analysis used for the analyzing part. According to the study, for Sri Lanka Indian as well as China both are significantly important in their sustainable development. Recently, even though China has became the in the first place of financial supporter, India also assist Sri Lanka especially after the humanitarian operation. In order to maintain the role of Sri Lanka in between the rivalry between the rivalry if the two Asian giants in South Asia, Sri Lanka need to maintain a neutral position in conducting relations with both India and China. The most important factor is that the Indian is the most immediate neighbor rather than China to Sri Lanka.
Culture as a Soft Power: A Case Study of China
(University of Kelaniya, 2015) Madanayaka, S.A.K.
Next to politics and economics, culture has increasingly become the third pillar in China’s diplomacy. China uses its cultural platforms to enhance imaged and soft power with its neighbours, Europe, Oceania, and the third word. The intention of China appears to be the promotion of a Chinese identity parallel to an American identity. China has used her culture as a substantial instrument to reach this goal. Accordingly, the study aims to identify the cultural initiatives as a soft power to enhance the image of China. Other objectives of the study include an attempt to elaborate “culture” as a soft power and to identify the approaches that have been used to promote culture. The study is based on secondary data and employs a descriptive analysis method. As per the study, findings related to the cultural initiatives that have been taken by China to promote their identity include the signing of agreements on cultural cooperation, sponsoring international cultural forums and dialogues, the establishment of Confucius Institutes around the world, and through sports, arts and movies. Through these initiatives, China has used its culture as an effective soft power to spread their identity. It can be concluded that China has used the approach of cultural diplomacy to establish their own identity to become universal through concept of soft power.
Global Threats to the Political Security of Sri Lanka (Reference to the Post War Period)
(Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Madanayaka, S.A.K.
Political security is one of the significant elements in the context of national security which linked to all the components of a nation state. Political security of a country is about the stability of social order. In post war period, Sri Lanka is going through certain threats which can affect the political security of the country. Accordingly, the main objective of the study is‖ to identify the global threats to the political security of Sri Lanka in post war period‖. The methodology that has applied for the study is qualitative in nature while using both primary and secondary data. To gather primary data, purposively selected sample of 150 people (20%) has been used only in the fields of military, academic, government and other professionals. As per the study, the identified global threats to the political security of Sri Lanka are Human rights violation and war crimes issue, Anti-Sri Lanka attitude in Tamil Nadu, Political pressure from India on 13th amendment, Influence of Tamil Diaspora, and Channel 4 challenge. As per the primary data, 78% of the sample proved that there is an impact of these global threats on the political security of Sri Lanka. As a country, Sri Lanka should have an effective political strategy to overcome such global threats.
Opportunities for Sri Lanka through China-Sri Lanka Relations (2004-2015)
(Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Madanayaka, S.A.K.
Foreign policy of Sri Lanka has always maintained cordial relations with the world with the concept of non-alignment. China was one of the countries which had maintained strong relations with Sri Lanka since the 1952 Rubber Rice Pact. During the period of President Mahinda Rajapaksa (2004-2014), China has gained a prominent place in the country’s foreign policy. The present study intends to ‘identify positive opportunities which open up to Sri Lanka through maintaining of cordial relations with China during the period from 2004 to 2015’. The methodology that has followed for the study is qualitative in nature along with descriptive analysis. For the study, only secondary data has used. In examine the above research problem; the study only focuses on the strengths from content analysis. According to the findings of the study, the positive opportunities that possessed from China-Sri Lanka relations to Sri Lanka are, military assistance and aid during the peak of the war, financial aid for infrastructure development, investment in Sri Lanka, trade relations and political support from China to Sri Lanka during the post war period. In the conclusion, it can be elaborate that even though there are mutual benefits to both Sri Lanka and China through their strong relations, Sri Lanka itself could address its requirements depending on the Chinese source of assistance. In the meantime, China’s strategic interest has been achieved by establishing their presence in Sri Lanka which have sustained their ‘String of Pearls “policy? chain in Indian Ocean.
Rise of Narendra Modi and South Asian politics: reference to Sri Lanka
(The Research Center for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Madanayaka, S.A.K.
Unique Features of Foreign Policy of UNP Regimes (1948 – 1965) and Bandaranaike Regimes (1956 – 1965)
(Department of Economics, University of Kelaniya, 2016) Madanayaka, S.A.K.
Foreign policy is a key component of a state which represents the nature of its relations with the world. Regime changes in a particular state are always have an impact on the foreign policy and it changes the nature of it. This study has been conducted in order to “identify the common and unique features of the foreign policy of UNP regimes from 1948 -1965 and Bandaranaike regimes from 1956 – 1965.” The methodology that has followed for the study is qualitative in nature while only based on secondary data and used descriptive analysis. The study has been conducted as a comparison as well as contrast of the two regimes in the particular periods in order to find out the features. According to the study, during the period of 1948 to 1965, foreign policy of the most of UNP leaders were similar in nature with the distinctive feature of pro-western policy and anti-communist attitude. UNP regimes did not conduct firm relations with the India during the particular period. Foreign policy of the SLFP regimes was mainly characterized by the “nonalignment policy” which emphasized on equal relations with all the countries. At the same time specially, Mr.Bandaranaike had cordial relations with the communist countries as well as with India which was a great achievement in the foreign policy of Sri Lanka.