Overview

South Asian Studies is one of the oldest centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India an overview of the ancient history and socioeconomic and cultural contours of people, it highlights the Sri Lankan Society and polity under the colonial rule. 

Key facts

The post-colonial government structure and political processes in the island state are analysed. Subsequently, the causes of the simultaneous and cumulative crises of political order confronting the leadership of Sri Lanka are examined.

The linkage between political change and foreign policy orientation of regimes is underlined in the course. While analysing the determinants of Sri Lanka’s foreign policy and the world view of the Sri Lankan ruling elite, the shifts in the objective priorities of the regimes in conducting foreign policy and relations are discussed. Finally, Sri Lanka’s relations with the global and regional powers especially India in the context of domestic and external compulsions are analysed.