Dr. Punsara Amarasinghe

The author is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Law, Politics and Development in Scuola Superiroe Sant Anna, Pisa.

Return of Admiral Zheng Hen’s Policy to Current Chinese Maritime Ambitions in Indian Ocean: The Case of Sri Lanka

The pandemonium marked by the high inflation, civil disorder and Rajapaksa ruling family’s fall from grace to the gutter in Sri Lanka last year...

Easter Sunday Carnage: A Reflection on the New Wave of ISIS Threat in South Asia

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