Ritika V. Kapoor

The author is a Research Intern at the Observer Research Foundation in Mumbai. As a Public Policy student at St. Xavier's College (Mumbai), she has dedicated her master's dissertation to fishing rights and security paradigms in maritime conflicted areas in the context of Indo-Lanka nautical ties. Her research interests include India- Sri Lanka relations, maritime security, and coastal sustainability.

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