Balances and benefits in Southern South Asia: The Maldives and Sri Lanka in 2021 (Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy, ORF)

The increasing competition between India and China and the Indo-Pacific’s rising prominence has reinvigorated the world’s interest in the Indian Ocean and its island states; impacting the island states’ behaviour and foreign policy conduct. Subsequently, in 2021, the Maldives has tried reaping benefits from this competition vis-à-vis its ‘India First’ policy. Similarly, Sri Lanka has also continued to save itself from the looming economic disaster by balancing between India and China.

Balances and benefits in Southern South Asia: The Maldives and Sri Lanka in 2021 | ORF (orfonline.org)

Marco Emanuele
Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

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