Teardrop Diplomacy Paperback

By Asanga Abeyagoonasekera (Author)

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Sri Lanka, the teardrop-shaped island in the Indian Ocean, is facing its worst political–economic crisis since independence. This book is a compilation of essays on several themes which trace the nation’s recent journey, from the rise of the Rajapaksa regime in 2019 to the present crisis in 2022. The essays explain how the nation moved from a democratic country to a full-scale autocratic, militarized nation. The US–India–China triangulation and its impact on Sri Lanka are also captured in this book, bringing a unique Sri Lankan perspective. Teardrop Diplomacy will give the reader a better understanding of the underlying political and social distress in everyday life in Sri Lanka and what brought the fragile state to this political and economic disaster within a short period of three years. This is a lesson for many developing nations, especially those under debt-distress in the post-pandemic environment.

Asanga Abeyagoonasekera
Asanga is an International Security and Geopolitics Analyst and Strategic Advi-sor from Sri Lanka. He has led two Government think tanks providing strategic advocacy on Foreign Policy and Defence in Sri Lanka. He was the Founding Director-General of the National Security Think Tank under the Ministry of Defence (INSSSL) until January 2020. Before this, he has served as the Executive Director at the Foreign Policy think tank (Kadirgamar Institute LKIIRSS). His new book is on Sri Lanka’s Geopolitical challenges ‘Conundrum of an Island’ (2021, Published by World Scientific, Singapore). He is the author of ‘Sri Lanka at Crossroads’ (2019) and ‘Towards A Better World Order’ (2015). He is a keen commentator on Geopolitics, Intranational Re-lations and South Asian Security matters and has written extensively and published on international journals and think tanks.

He served as a Visiting Professor for Geopolitics and Global Leadership (NKU, USA), Visiting Lecturer for International Security (Colombo University, Sri Lanka), In-ternational Political Economy (University of London in Colombo RIC). He is an Alumnus of the US State Department IVLP, National Defense University (NESA, NDU) in Washington DC, APCSS (Hawaii) and Young Global Leader World Economic Forum (Geneva).

Twitter: @AsangaAbey Sri Lanka, the teardrop-shaped island in the Indian Ocean, is facing its worst political–economic crisis since independence. This book is a compilation of essays on several themes which trace the nation’s recent journey, from the rise of the Rajapaksa regime in 2019 to the present crisis in 2022. The essays explain how the nation moved from a democratic country to a full-scale autocratic, militarized nation. The US–India–China triangulation and its impact on Sri Lanka are also captured in this book, bringing a unique Sri Lankan perspective. Teardrop Diplomacy will give the reader a better understanding of the underlying political and social distress in everyday life in Sri Lanka and what brought the fragile state to this political and economic disaster within a short period of three years. This is a lesson for many developing nations, especially those under debt-distress in the post-pandemic environment.Asanga AbeyagoonasekeraAsanga is an International Security and Geopolitics Analyst and Strategic Advi-sor from Sri Lanka. He has led two Government think tanks providing strategic advocacy on Foreign Policy and Defence in Sri Lanka. He was the Founding Director-General of the National Security Think Tank under the Ministry of Defence (INSSSL) until January 2020. Before this, he has served as the Executive Director at the Foreign Policy think tank (Kadirgamar Institute LKIIRSS). His new book is on Sri Lanka’s Geopolitical challenges ‘Conundrum of an Island’ (2021, Published by World Scientific, Singapore). He is the author of ‘Sri Lanka at Crossroads’ (2019) and ‘Towards A Better World Order’ (2015). He is a keen commentator on Geopolitics, Intranational Re-lations and South Asian Security matters and has written extensively and published on international journals and think tanks.He served as a Visiting Professor for Geopolitics and Global Leadership (NKU, USA), Visiting Lecturer for International Security (Colombo University, Sri Lanka), In-ternational Political Economy (University of London in Colombo RIC). He is an Alumnus of the US State Department IVLP, National Defense University (NESA, NDU) in Washington DC, APCSS (Hawaii) and Young Global Leader World Economic Forum (Geneva).Twitter: @AsangaAbey