http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/ en http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/indias-national-security-challenges-growing-chinese-footprint-sri-lanka-and-maldives <span>India’s National Security Challenges: The Growing Chinese Footprint in Sri Lanka and the Maldives</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Wed, 10/09/2019 - 3:14pm</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">The Indian Ocean has gained geostrategic importance due to the volume of trade that passes through it. At the same time, China’s Belt and Road Initiative is increasing Chinese influence in numerous countries in Asia and across the globe. Against this backdrop, this paper seeks to examine how the growing Chinese footprint in Sri Lanka and the Maldives can have implications for India’s national security and how the Chinese expansion is of strategic importance to New Delhi.</div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/indias-national-security-challenges-growing-chinese-footprint-sri-lanka-and-maldives" rel="tag" title="India’s National Security Challenges: The Growing Chinese Footprint in Sri Lanka and the Maldives" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about India’s National Security Challenges: The Growing Chinese Footprint in Sri Lanka and the Maldives</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/jrnl/art/indias-national-security-challenges-growing-chinese-footprint-sri-lanka-and-maldives#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">1 comment</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/taxonomy/term/336/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1632491390" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Wed, 09 Oct 2019 19:14:04 +0000 SWJED 126769 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/the-sri-lankan-civil-war-turning-coin-on-its-head-and-learning-to-adapt <article data-history-node-id="75048" role="article" class="article teaser clearfix"> <h2> <a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/the-sri-lankan-civil-war-turning-coin-on-its-head-and-learning-to-adapt" rel="bookmark"><span>The Sri Lankan Civil War: Turning COIN on Its Head and Learning to Adapt</span> </a> </h2> <footer> <article> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="masquerade.callbacks:renderCacheLink" arguments="0=4" token="2JcDkyvoNdz7AbcUTZXDTgfSvABuLH-TUc0jYOzfCs0"></drupal-render-placeholder></article> <div class="author"> <span>Sat, 09/09/2017 - 1:10pm</span> </div> </footer> <div class="content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> The LTTE’s focus on conventional military operations proved to be their ultimate downfall.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/the-sri-lankan-civil-war-turning-coin-on-its-head-and-learning-to-adapt" rel="tag" title="The Sri Lankan Civil War: Turning COIN on Its Head and Learning to Adapt" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about The Sri Lankan Civil War: Turning COIN on Its Head and Learning to Adapt</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> <h2>About the Author(s)</h2> <div class="views-element-container form-group"></div> </div> </article> Sat, 09 Sep 2017 17:10:14 +0000 SWJED 75048 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com