Balancing and bandwagoning : explaining shifts in Sri Lankan foreign policy

• Main Author: Rajni Nayanthara Gamage
• Other Authors: Rajesh Basrur
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/69802
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The primary objective of this study is to determine why Sri Lankan foreign policy has shifted from balancing to bandwagoning, and then back again to balancing over four consecutive administrations from 1977-2015. In doing so, three central arguments are made within the context of Sri Lankan foreign...