Next in Line: Sri Lanka’s Rising Leaders and Foreign Policy

From the National Bureau of Asian Research, an Asia Insight miniseries examining the future of foreign policy through the lens of emerging leadership in South and Southeast Asia. This third episode features Dr. Christopher Clary of the University at Albany sitting down with Dr. Rajni Gamage and Dr. Bhagya Senaratne to discuss Sri Lanka’s emerging generation of political leaders and the factors influencing their foreign policy outlooks from Colombo. To view the project webpage, visit https://www.nbr.org/program/next-generation-of-leaders-in-south-and-southeast-asia/. Dr. Rajni Gamage is a Research Fellow in the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore. Her written commentary can be viewed at https://www.nbr.org/publication/tracking-the-next-generation-of-leaders-in-sri-lanka/. Dr. Bhagya Senaratne is the inaugural Director of Education at the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies in Sri Lanka. Her written commentary can be viewed at https://www.nbr.org/publication/sri-lankas-next-generation-of-leaders-shaping-the-future-of-foreign-policy/.