INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE ARTICLES (KDU IRC): Recent submissions
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Effects of Reintegration modalities on Ex-Combatants in Kilinochchi and Jaffna; A Situation Analysis
(2015)The UNDP presents that violent conflicts cause poverty and poverty also increases the likelihood of civil war. UNDP further states that countries with low, stagnant, unequally distributed per-capita incomes and heavily ... -
Reforming Security Sector to Inculcate Professionalism: An Integrated Security Policy for Sri Lanka
(2015)Security is a pre request for any sovereign state in its way towards the prosperity of its citizens. Sound security policies have made grate states remarkably stand as iconic. To reach this magnitude of success, Security, ... -
Foreign Involvement of Terrorism in Sri Lanka during Conflict Era - An Appraisal
(2015)This paper discusses more than 25 years long period of terrorism in Sri Lanka and influence of foreign elements. It further elaborates how an organization formed by handful of youths became one of the most ruthless terrorist ... -
Islamic State and the Demise of Westphalia: A new look at Sovereignty in the Middle East
(2015)This research attempts to clarify the present situation in the Middle East, particularly in terms of the challenges to the supremacy of sovereignty. The concept of sovereignty, stemming from Western civilization following ... -
Promoting National Reconciliation: A way forward to Inclusive National Security
(2015)since the protracted armed conflict ended in 2009, a fresh approach in rebuilding civil peace was demanded by all communities in Sri Lanka. Strengthening of national security was regarded as one of the paramount issues in ... -
The changing face of the LTTE: Ascertaining the threat of the Tamil diaspora’s use of public diplomacy on Sri Lanka.
(2015)Tamil diaspora has been part and parcel of the Eelam struggle of the LTTE from its inception. After the decisive military defeat of the LTTE in 2009, the Tamil diaspora became the only functioning organ of the extended ... -
Big Data and Hadoop: A Review
(2016)Most of the people use electronic data stored systems which are powered by new technology and share data across the other users. Therefore the data become unstructured and larger in size. This paper reviews on big data and ... -
Diabetic Prediction System Using Data Mining
(2016)Diabetes is one of deadliest diseases in the world. As per the existing system in Sri Lanka, patients have to visit a diagnostic center, consult their doctor and wait for a day or more to get their result. Moreover, every ... -
Sri Lanka’s Strategic Relevance in the South Asian Region: An Analysis of India’s Indian Ocean Strategy and China’s Maritime Silk Route Initiative
(2015)Both China and India have shown an increasing interest towards the Indian Ocean and have towards this end, engineered several key strategies and initiatives, i.e. the Maritime Silk Route initiative by the former and the ... -
Maritime Security and Theories of Naval Warfare: Way Ahead for a Professional Navy
(2015)Sri Lanka was engaged in a long drawn conflict for nearly three decades. The ocean around the country played a crucial role in this conflict. The government of Sri Lanka paid dearly for not maintaining maritime security ... -
China-Africa Political and Security Relations: An Analysis of Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Documents
(2015)There has been a tremendous growth in China-Africa relations in the last twenty years. As part of this growth political and security links between them have also grown. In the security sphere statements issued by FOCAC ... -
Use of Internet of Things(IoT) to overcome differently abled community issues
(2016)Since the 15 percent of global population lives with some type of disability, it is critical for the Information technology industry to design and develop specific software that can help the disabled community to enjoy the ... -
An Analytical Study on Nuclear Weapon Testing, Controlling and Eliminating the Use of Nuclear Weapons
(2015)The weapons used for mass destruction can be identified as nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC). The controlling, reduction and eventual elimination of the use of nuclear weapons are analyzed as the main objective of the ... -
Nuclear Terrorism and Theft at Borders
(2015)Effectively managing country’s border against the proliferation of nuclear substance is a considerable security risk that is faced by the border protection agencies. These state owned border agencies are expected to maintain ... -
Maritime strategy for national development: Sri Lankan perspective
(2015)The maritime space around Sri Lanka changed to a greater extent with the end of LTTE terrorism in year 2009. Being located at the Indian Ocean (IO) in a strategically important location, Sri Lanka has a significant role ... -
HydroGIS Tool Structure : Neogeography Application Model
(2016)The basic two interesting areas of the GIS are community based GIS application developments and complex process automations. The HydroGIS tool development laid on the complex process automation research side as it based ... -
Using Markov Processes for Efficient Project Management
(2016)An important requirement in project management is to complete it satisfactorily and within the allocated time. Delays incurred during the project will not only result in cost escalation but also in losses benefits that the ... -
Web Based Agricultural Irrigation Scheduling System for Batticaloa District
(2016)Agrarian Services Centre (ASC) is one of the Government organizations which is located in the Vantharumoolai, Batticaloa district. ASC plays an important role in maintaining sustainability of agriculture by ensuring the ... -
Soft Power as a Tool in Indian Foreign Policy
(2015)India, the largest and most powerful country in the South Asian region, has a major role in keeping diplomatic relation within region than with other western or Middle East regions. Hence, Indian foreign policy is more ...