Washington, Jan. 12 -- Lately, Sri Lanka seems to be in full demand because of its geo-strategic location in the Indo-Pacific region in the midst of a serious competition between the United States and China for regional hegemony while Washington-New Delhi military bonds have strengthened, and Moscow stepping in to show its worth with the just inaugurated Rajapaksa brothers' administration.

Top foreign affairs officials of all three countries - the U.S., Russia and China - are on 'official' visits to Sri Lanka in the same week and almost on same days to have 'summit' meetings with the Rajapaksa brothers, President Gotabaya and Premier Mahinda, "of mutual interests".

The Asian Tribune has already analyzed the significance of the Russian f...