Geopolitical and Foreign Relations
Posts discussing international relations, foreign policy concerns, and external involvement in Sri Lanka including US relations, Chinese interests, and port development issues. These reflect concerns about foreign influence and investment.
Sri Lanka's geopolitical strategy: collect concerns like Pokémon cards—Iranian ships, Chinese visas, abandoned port projects—and hope the US Ambassador's visit unlocks them all at once. Turns out playing 4D chess with everyone else's money is harder when the other players keep folding mid-game.
Colombo: A #Chinese state-owned firm has withdrawn from a $392 million joint venture to develop a major logistics hub at Sri Lanka's main seaport, the key local partner said Monday. The #SriLanka Ports Authority (#SLPA) said China Merchants Port Holdings had decided not to
https://t.co/5Cz0VHt0Ev It's highly likely that points concerning Iranian ships anchored in #SriLanka/n waters and visas issued to 14,000 Chinese nationals were also brought up by the US Ambassador. 😁 Both these issues pose high geo-political risks to US operations in Asia.