Anxiety over China’s growing maritime influence drives Japanese, Indian, and U.S. interests in Sri Lanka's ports.

Sri Lanka has diverse and untapped opportunities to transform BIMSTEC into a more impactful organization.

For New Delhi, BIMSTEC is about reimagining India’s strategic geography altogether.

Stilt fishing has declined, but tourism keeps Sri Lankan men on the poles.

Belt and Road is not the Marshall Plan: it’s comprised of loans, not grants, and China expects a return for its money.

A closer look at an important question.

Security sector reform cannot come soon enough.

Will India be left out in the cold amid Chinese expansion in the Indian Ocean or can it seal in a strategically useful position?

We don't need more time to ponder Colombo's sincerity.

The Sri Lankan government must avoid appeasing hardliners and protect minorities to avoid squandering progress.

The local government vote has national implications.

The Diplomat's editors discuss Indian Ocean geopolitics, including the Maldives crisis and the significance of Duqm.

A closer look at a significant agreement between the two sides.

Washington continues with a misguided approach.

Washington’s current approach actually discourages reform.

The Diplomat’s Taylor Dibbert speaks with Sri Lankan civil society leader Jehan Perera.