Chattoraj Sri Lanka's Engagement with Global Superpowers

Economic and Political Perspectives
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-981-956938-0
Verlag: Springer Singapore
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 417 Seiten

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

This book explores how Sri Lanka navigates its foreign policy, addresses security threats, and participates in regional organizations like SAARC and BIMSTEC to influence its geopolitical stance. Sri Lanka's strategic location in the Indian Ocean shapes its complex relationships with India, China, and the United States. Balancing these superpower influences while safeguarding its sovereignty and autonomy is a critical task for its policymakers.

The purpose of this work is to look at Sri Lanka’s engagement with the Global superpowers and its geo-strategic and geo-political importance in the region. This sort of engagement shows how the bilateral tensions are also playing out in the extraterritorial region where Sri Lanka and the superpowers like USA, China, India and others are involved because of history, economics, and security reasons. Chapters in this proposed work look at the various facets of Sri Lanka’s engagements with the superpowers as well as with small nations. The book contains both thematic and bilateral issues. The readers will benefit from this comprehensive volume in following ways: (a) They will come to know Sri Lanka’s geo-strategic and geo-political importance in Asia; (b) They will get an idea of how India and China are trying to get involved and compete with one another with regard to Sri Lanka; (c) The readers will understand the role of the superpowers in relation to Sri Lanka; and (d) the readers will get aware of how the major super-powers are contesting against each other in Asia for their benefits.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chattoraj, Diotima

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Diplomacy of Small States and International Relations: Sri Lanka’s Experience with China and India.- Chapter 3: Sri Lanka: Revisiting Foreign Policy Legacy and Challenges during Crisis-Recovery Period.- Chapter 4: Liberal Hegemony to Offshore Balancing: How Structural Shifts Have Altered US–Sri Lanka Bilateral Ties.- Chapter 5: Managing Asymmetries: Understanding India’s Accommodative Engagement with Sri Lanka.- Chapter 6: Structured Agency and Strategic Adaptation: Reframing Development Diplomacy between Sri Lanka and Japan.- Chapter 7: The Development of Japan–Sri Lanka Relations: Enhancing Defence Cooperation.- Chapter 8: Bear Feet in the Island: Examining Russian Interests in Sri Lanka.- Chapter 9: Sri Lanka's Strategic Balancing Act in South Asia: Navigating the Influence of Major Powers on Political and Economic Realms.- Chapter 10: Sri Lanka’s Strategic Alliances: Navigating Regional Organizations amid Global Power Rivalries.- Chapter 11: Sri Lanka’s Geo-Strategic Niche in the Indian Ocean: Matrix of Sino–India Competition?.- Chapter 12: Situating the Lankan Factor in Indo–China Ties: Regional and Global Strategic Dynamics.- Chapter 13: Resisting the Zero-sum Push in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR): The Crucial Test for Sri Lanka Foreign Policy.- Chapter 14: Gullivers and Lilliput: Sri Lanka’s Survival Strategies vis-à-vis Major Powers.- Chapter 15: Global Tides, Local Storm: Sri Lanka’s Shelter-seeking Behaviour during the Socio-economic Crisis.- Chapter 16: Sri Lanka as a Site of Global Power Competition: Sri Lanka’s Relations with the US and China.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Diotima Chattoraj is a Research Fellow at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information in Nanyang Technological University and an Adjunct Research Fellow at the department of Social and Health Sciences in James Cook University, Singapore. She completed her PhD from Ruhr University Bochum, Germany in 2016. Her research interests include migration, development, international relations, while also exploring consumer psychology and the effects of advertising. She has published several articles, books, and book chapters in prominent publications. Additionally, she is the Deputy Editor of   (Sage) and serves as a peer reviewer for a number of refereed journals.