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    Revisiting Indonesia’s Global Maritime Fulcrum Vision (Smart Power Strategy of Indonesia)
    (4th International Conference on Social Sciences 2018, Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Wijesinghe, K.M.H.V.
    Global Maritime Fulcrum (GMF) is the vision of Indonesia to become a sovereign, advanced, independent, strong maritime nation that is able to provide positive contribution for peace and security of the region as well as the world in accordance with its national interests. As the largest archipelago in the world, and also as one of the emerging powers, the GMF vision is one of the crucial junctures of Indonesia’s history. The objectives of GMF are multidimensional. While it aspires to enhance connectivity and infrastructure development of the country, this vision also expects to ensure peace and stability in the region. Against this backdrop, this particular study attempts to attain three main objectives, namely; (1) To understand Indonesia’s GMF vision; (2) To evaluate and critically analyze the measures taken by Indonesia in realizing its GMF vision; and (3) To examine the significance of GMF vision as a smart power strategy. The concept of smart power put forth by Joseph Nye jr highlights the importance of identifying the correct combination of soft power and hard power in producing effective foreign policy. Thus, this study examine the GMF vision as a smart power strategy and attempts to understand how successful Indonesia has been in bringing together its hard and soft power in attaining its national interests. This particular study is a qualitative case study research which takes into account both primary and secondary data and main sources of data collection includes speeches made by government officials, government documents, journals, annual reports etc. The GMF vision of Indonesia rests on three main pillars namely its foreign policy, defense policy and Ocean policy. Furthermore, given its significant geographical location as the largest archipelago and Indonesia being the largest country in the region of Southeast Asia in terms of geographical size, population and economy, GMF vision has major implications on Indonesia and on its role at both regional and international levels
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    Sustainable Development and Sri Lankan Youth
    (In: Proceedings of the International Postgraduate Research Conference 2017 (IPRC – 2017), Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017) Wijesinghe, K.M.H.V.
    Today, sustainable development has become one of the key priorities of national policy making of any country. Sustainable development focuses on a wide array of aspects ranging from the most basic socio-cultural aspects to more sophisticated political, economic, technological and scientific elements. Understanding the importance of sustainable development, on September 25, 2015, the UN members adopted a set of goals to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda. In the context of Sustainable Development Goals, where does the Sri Lankan youth stand? Development can be accelerated when the majority of youth in any country are able to make significant contributions to economic, social and political life in a way that lifts countries out of poverty, ensures greater stability and promotes healthier societies. (USAID, 2012). Against this backdrop, the study attempts to understand where Sri Lankan youth stand today and how can the youth be empowered in the context of attaining the following Sustainable Development Goals; 1)Ensure inclusive and quality education,2) promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all, 3) Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls, and 4)promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development. Basically, this research is a case study that looks into the relationship between the youth in Sri Lanka and Sustainable Development Goals. This is a qualitative research and the main source of data collection would be secondary data collected from various reports, internet, internationally recognized indices, books and other sources. As far as the findings of the research are concerned, the study has found the interdependent relationship between sustainable development and youth. However, this relationship has not been properly understood by all parties of the society, leading to a marginalization of the youth. Thus, the study has identified what is simply identified as PI approach (P=Proactive and I= Independent) to get the youth directly involved in the process of sustainable development.