| dc.description.abstract | There is a significant shift in the
United States’ focus from Middle East to South
Asia and more towards South East Asia, which is
now termed as the Indo-Pacific Region along with
a considerable change in their foreign policy. The
Hambanthota harbor which was built solely with
funding by China under its “One Belt One Road”
strategy is also considered as a part of ‘’String of
Pearls’’ which encircle India strategically from the
south also a major security concerns of India, a
major allay of United States in the Indo-Pacific
Region. Sri Lanka with her geostrategic location
attracts higher level of concerns of the regional
and global economic powers. With the traditional
strategic power rivalry between India and China
in the region Sri Lanka has undergone and is still
facing many consequences. Whatever the
concerns may be, Sri Lanka needs to maintain an
equilibrium in foreign policy in order to achieve
her development goals without antagonizing
major players in the region. Sri Lanka needs to
correctly identify the contemporary regional and
global strategic environment and needs to
maintain a well-balanced foreign policy
accommodating India and China as well as the
extra regional powers like USA, Japan and
Australia. During this endeavour the writer
expects to find out the growing socio- politico and
geo- strategic concerns of India, China, USA and
the other key players in the Indo-Pacific Region
and it impact on Sri Lanka. | en_US |
