March 24, 20262h 16min
The Coming War in Asia - How Sri Lanka Gets Caught in the Crossfire
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The world is being reordered. Sri Lanka sits at the centre of it, whether it wants to or not.
On this episode of From the Island, Shanil Dutta sits down with Dr. Asanga Abeyagoonasekera to go chapter by chapter through Winds of Change: Geopolitics at the Crossroads of South and Southeast Asia. The book covers four interlocking forces: China's Belt and Road footprint, the India-China diplomatic contest, broader great power rivalry across the Indo-Pacific, and the domestic pressures fracturing Sr