🌐 Existential Realism: Rethinking Sri Lanka's Foreign Policy in a De-Globalising World 📈

• Global Shift & De-Globalisation: The international order is fragmenting into a complex, bipolar/multipolar framework (USA–China–Russia). Unilateral sanctions, tariff wars, and global supply blockades—such as disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz—are weakening traditional Western-led economic globalization. • Risks of West-Centric & Sub-Regional Alignment: Relying heavily on volatile Western economies or becoming integrated with immediate sub-regional setups (e.g., India's Tamil Nadu state) poses severe existential risks. Diaspora-driven pressures in Western nations could trigger unilateral legal or trade sanctions on Sri Lanka regarding wartime accountability and internal state structures. • Strategic Imperatives for Sri Lanka: • Diversification: Reduce economic and strategic vulnerability to volatile Western corridors. • Key Global Partnerships: Preserve and expand strategic ties with global economic engines such as China (ICT/BPM, infrastructure, capital) and Russia (energy, diplomatic coverage) to act as vital growth drivers and sovereign counterweights. • Global South Engagement: Build multi-faceted relationships with non-aligned nations across Eurasia, Latin America, and Afro-Asia to secure trade resilience without conceding internal sovereignty. • Internal Pragmatism: Implement internal structural adjustments, such as provincial devolution (13th Amendment), to eliminate pretexts for external intervention while safeguarding core national integrity.