Sri Lanka’s pivot to India breaks China’s dreams
Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj shook hands with her Sri Lankan counterpart, Mangla Samaraweera, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka-By H.D.S. Greenway
Following elections earlier this year, a major shift in the geopolitical and perhaps military balance of power is taking place on this island that hangs like a jewel from the ear of India. Many Americans may have trouble finding Sri Lanka on the map, but sitting as it does in the Indian Ocean, so close to the sea lanes over which nearly half the world’s trade travels, including nearly 70 percent of petroleum to energy-hungry China and Japan, Sri Lanka has a strategic importance beyond its small size.