Weekaroon, DushniHewage, Kithmina2021-06-252021-06-252021-05-12http://hdl.handle.net/10125/75785For more about the East-West Center, see <a href="http://www.eastwestcenter.org/">http://www.eastwestcenter.org/</a>Dushni Weekaroon and Kithmina Hewage, Executive Director and Research Economist, respectively, at the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, explain that "Unless carefully assessed and managed, small but strategically positioned countries like Sri Lanka can get swept up and carried away in power rivalries being played out on their shores."2 p.en-USSri Lanka's Asia-centric focus in a contested Bay of Bengal regionReport