Symposia & Conferences: Recent submissions

  • Vietnam War: Application of Sun Tzu’s “Art of War” by Viet Cong 
    Kalansooriya, K. L. S. R. (Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2019)
    The Vietnam War was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The conflict was intensified by the ongoing ...
  • The Victorian American Era and the Emergence of People’s Movements 
    Karunarathna, Ransi (Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2019)
    The term “Victorianism” derived from Queen Victoria reflected the heavy British command on its colonies during colonial times. “Victorian America” is a time referring to the broad influence of the Victorianism and the ...
  • Predicting the Next Decade of Sri Lankan Foreign Policy: Special Reference to the Manifesto of Gotabaya Rajapaksha 
    Peiris, T.C.M.K. (Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2019)
    Foreign Policy of a country can be defined as a set of principles, decisions and means, adopted and followed by a nation for securing goals. The foreign policy of a nation is formulated and implemented by its policy makers. ...
  • Human Rights Violations of Sri Lankan Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia 
    Oshan, U.M.U. (Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2019)
    Saudi Arabia is the one of main destinations for Sri Lankan Migrant workers. Since 1980s Sri Lankan government has provided thousands of migrant workers to Saudi Arabia. Among these workers, most are house maids. This study ...
  • Nuclear Power as a Tool for US Hegemony in World Politics 
    Kumari, K.Hansika Priyadarshani (Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2019)
    Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions to generate heat that are most widely used in steam turbines to generate electricity in a nuclear power plant. Regarding to its high energy supply capability and the cause of ...
  • The Maritime Relationship between China and Sri Lanka during the Period of 2010-2018 
    Kamburugamuwa, K.V.C.S.A. (Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2019)
    Today China is the world’s second largest economy with a GDP over US$ 1,100,000 billion and the major power in Asia with huge influential capacity. On other hand, Sri Lanka is smaller state in South Asia that ranked as an ...
  • Study of Sri Lankan Skilled Migrant Workers in Australia: Special Reference to Economic Impacts on Sri Lanka 
    Karannagoda, K.S.S. (Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2019)
    In the world, in a lot of developing countries’ people tend to migrate because of push and pull factors. Especially skilled migrants tend to migrate to another developed country because of the economic benefits and life ...
  • Rise of Sinhala Buddhist Nationalism: Special Reference to Post War Period in Sri Lanka 
    Fernando, U.G.G. (Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2019)
    Nationalism is described as one’s own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations. Sinhalese are an Indo- Aryan ethnic group native to the island of Sri ...
  • Port-Led Tourism Development: Prospects for Sri Lanka 
    De Silva, P.R.S. (Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2019)
    At present, maritime connectivity is one of the biggest infrastructure endeavors that both littoral and non-littoral states across the world are equally investing in, with maritime connectivity projects amounting to 1,200 ...
  • Peace and Reconciliation Efforts in Post War Sri Lanka and the Effectiveness of Transitional Justice in Peace Building as a Reconciliation Mechanism 
    Karunarathna, Ransi (Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2019)
    When Sri Lanka ended the 30 year long civil war in 2009, the international community expected the Sri Lankan government to introduce the reconciliation mechanisms as the war victory was replaced by the rapid development ...
  • The Political Influence of Easter Sunday Terror Attacks 
    Jayasinghe, D.P.S.N. (Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2019)
    ISIS-inspired Easter Sunday terror attacks on several churches and luxury hotels claimed more than two hundred lives. Sri Lanka’s presidential election took place approximately seven months after the terror attacks and it ...
  • Impacts of President Donald Trump’s Immigration Reforms 
    Jayasinghe, C.A. (Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2019)
    The immigration policy of the United States has undergone many significant changes after Donald trump was appointed as the president. President Trump claimed in his maiden speech that he would make America great again. ...
  • Legal Limits on the Use of Chemical Weapons: A Case Study of Syria 
    Nishshanka, N. A. S. S. (Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2019)
    For more than six years the international community and the people of Syria have had to face the fact that chemical weapons have become part of the Syrian civil war. By using these weapons, the Syrian government have ...
  • Women Labor Migration to Middle East Countries and its Socio- Economic Impact on Sri Lanka (Special Reference to Rural Areas) 
    Padukka, P. D. K. C. D. (Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2019)
    Migration between nations is a phenomenon with a long history. Increased participation of females as labors become the significant change in the labor market in the Middle East. With this new trend Sri Lankan women have ...
  • United States’ Relations with Iran after 2001 
    Bandaranayake, Thilini Madhushika (Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2019)
    There is a persistent misconception that over the past three decades, U.S. policy towards the Islamic Republic has been rigid and unchanging. The decade that has gone by since the attacks of September 11 has seen significant ...
  • Challenges and Barriers for the Reconciliation in the Post War Period of Sri Lanka (Special Reference to Northern Province) 
    Hettiarachchi, Sadeepa Randunu (Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2019)
    The Sri Lankan government engaged in a war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). And they declared the end of the 30 years’ war with LTTE on May 2009. After the end of the war, reconciliation has become the ...
  • Hallyu Wave as a Tool of Soft Power Utilized by South Korea to Spread Cultural and Economic Influence to East Asia 
    Gunawardena, Achini (Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2019)
    This study examines the influential and effective spreading out of Hallyu wave in East Asian region, as one of the main tools of soft power that has been utilized by South Korea to spread cultural awareness and gain ...
  • Trade War and its Impact on United States of America and China 
    Madana, M. H. B. Shanika Madhusanki (Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2019)
    There is a trade war between United States of America and China.US and China are both good at the their trade sector but few years ago the US administrative realized that there is a trade deficit with their trade and ...
  • Legality of the Development and Deployment of AI Weapon Systems for State Security under International Law 
    Hardy, Shannon (Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2019)
    An autonomous missile under development by the Pentagon uses software to choose between targets. An artificially intelligent drone from the British military identifies firing points on its own. Russia showcases tanks ...
  • A Study of the Role of India and Pakistan on Kashmir Crisis 
    Weerakoon, W. G. D. Nimeshika (Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2019)
    The Kashmir crisis occupies a special place among the political crises in the postcolonial South Asian region. After seventy-two years of partition of British India, Kashmir still remains an unresolved issue. It has not ...

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