Daily Mirror - Recent Events in Mozambique and Ethiopia: Foreign Policy Implications for Sri Lanka
The great Greek historian, Thucydides, set out a principle he thought dictated relations between strong and weak nations during his time. He said, “The strong do what they will and the weak what they must.” The question is whether this dictum still holds true even for nations such as Sri Lanka. Today, our country is caught in a geopolitical struggle between the United States and China for dominance in the Asia-Pacific region. Many of our leaders insist that, Sri Lanka should be “neutral” and/or “non-aligned” in this situation. However, the question is whether a weak nat...
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