Next in Line: Sri Lanka’s Rising Leaders and Foreign Policy

About this episode

This episode discusses Sri Lanka's emerging political leaders and their foreign policy outlooks.

From the National Bureau of Asian Research, an Asia Insight miniseries examining the future of foreign policy through the lens of emerging leadership in South and Southeast Asia. This third episode features Dr. Christopher Clary of the University at Albany sitting down with Dr. Rajni Gamage and Dr. Bhagya Senaratne to discuss Sri Lanka’s emerging generation of political leaders and the factors influencing their foreign policy outlooks from Colombo. To view the project webpage, visit https://www.nbr.org/program/next-generation-of-leaders-in-south-and-southeast-asia/. Dr. Rajni Gamage is a Research Fellow in the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore. Her written commentary can be viewed at https://www.nbr.org/publication/tracking-the-next-generation-of-leaders-in-sri-lanka/. Dr. Bhagya Senaratne is the inaugural Director of Education at the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies in Sri Lanka. Her written commentary can be viewed at https://www.nbr.org/publication/sri-lankas-next-generation-of-leaders-shaping-the-future-of-foreign-policy/.

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Christopher Clary

Guests: Dr. Rajni Gamage, Dr. Bhagya Senaratne

Topics covered

• foreign policy
• emerging leaders
• Sri Lanka
• South Asia
• political leadership
• international relations

Keywords

• Sri Lanka
• foreign policy
• emerging leaders
• political leadership
• South Asia
• international relations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Bureau of Asian Research, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies

Places: Sri Lanka, Colombo

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