International Studies Students’ Research Symposium (ISSRS): Recent submissions

  • 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 ...
  • Rise of Populism in Foreign Policy of the United States under Donald Trump 
    Mihidumi, K. G. A. M. (Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2019)
    After the independence, the United States had a number of presidents. At the beginning George Washington started to adopt political ideology called democracy. This democratic ideology was protected by presidents throughout ...
  • The Impact of United States’ Withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights Council to the Zero Tolerance Policy Victims 
    Kuruppu, K. A. D. N. S. (Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2019)
    Many Central American families arrived to US illegally through US –Mexico border from last several years to seek asylum from the United States. In order to discourage this illegal immigration and to reduce the burden of ...
  • Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) and Female Domestic Workers in the Middle East 
    Thennakoon, A. S. (Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2019)
    Females heading to the Middle East as domestic workers are an important part of labour migrants from Sri Lanka. Female domestic workers are highly vulnerable to adverse working or living conditions in the Middle East ...
  • Ideology and Foreign Policy: Case Study of US 
    Nonis, P. K. S. Taniya (Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2019)
    Ideology is an element of national power and determinant of foreign policy. Foreign policy enables a state to establish its relations beyond the borders. A state formulates its foreign policy to cater its multiplicity ...
  • Security Dimension of the Foreign Policy of Sirimavo Bandaranaike 
    Chamathka, I. W. P. (Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2019)
    The Foreign Policy decision-making is considered to be one of the greatest vital areas of a state to achieve its national interests. It is based on full of political activities of the state. According to Huge Gibsons ...
  • Power of Hallyu: Change in Sri Lankan Perception towards South Korea 
    Fernando, A. (2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    “Hallyu” or the Korean Wave refers to the surge in the international visibility of Korean culture, beginning in East Asia in the 1990s and continuing more recently in Asia, the United States, Latin America, the Middle East, ...
  • The movement of Equality: the Gay Rights Movement as a social movement in the United States 
    Kulasekara, N. (2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Lesbian, gay bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) individuals as a demographic group remained largely silent and unseen in American culture until after the Second World War. Prior to the World Wars, many gay and lesbian ...
  • The role of India and Pakistan on Escalation of Kashmir conflict 
    Welhenage, S.M. (2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Kashmir conflict is a serious conflict happened in International system. India and Pakistan got freedom from British Colonialism in 1947. The problem was about 650 princely states controlled by different individuals. Kashmir ...
  • International Humanitarian Law in Civil Wars: A Case Study on Sri Lanka 
    Gabadage, D.S.S. (2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    The ideology of “war” is a realm that we experience since the very beginning of our civilization. It has developed for years by taking into account the needs, interests, developments and changing behaviours of people. ...
  • The Failure of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 
    Fernando, W.H.R. (2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    The Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty came into effect in 1970 and it is considered as the successor of many non-proliferation treaties implemented since 1945. Although the Non-Proliferation Treaty has been able to prevent ...
  • The Involvement of Domestic Lobbying Groups and the Congress behind the US Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement 
    Ekanayake, E.M.S.D. (2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Climate change is a dubious matter of concern worldwide. There had been drafted vast numbers of climate change agreements since 1990 in climate governance fora, yet these agreements were unsuccessful in trapping the global ...
  • South Asian Regionalism need to be Reinvigorate; A Study on SAARC 
    Jayasinghe, N.D. (2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Regionalism is one of the prominent phenomenon in modern International politics. Focusing to the South Asian region, South Asia is the world’s most densely populated region with the richest varieties of natural resources ...
  • Socio-Economic Impact of Immigration on Australia 
    Wanigathunga, W.E. (2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    At present Australia is the comfortable address to migrants. After the post Second World War period Australian government had a desire to increase their population and they started the migration programme. Before 200 years ...
  • The Socio-economic Impacts of Refugee Migration in Germany: Special Reference to 2015-2018 
    Silva, D.I.U. (2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Refugee migration is an important disputable factor in the world which occurs due to various severe situations such as war, violence and persecution. Germany hosts refugees not only in the past time periods but also ...
  • Impact of the US Interventionism in Afghanistan and Syria 
    Madubashini, W. (2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Interventionism policy can be identified as a strategic foreign policy doctrine. In some cases, it appears as the way of the development process as well as it may appear as the way to interfere in the internal affairs of ...
  • China's String of Pearls Strategy and Sri Lankan Economy after 2009 
    Wageesha, K.K.G.L. (2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    China and Sri Lanka have extensive historical links, initially religious and cultural, and later also economic. The strategic location of Sri Lanka, between key shipping lanes and so-called ‘String of Pearls Strategy’, ...

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