Sri Lanka, Jan. 10 -- The election of the JVP-led government was once feared as a potential frost in Indo-Lanka relations, yet the reality has proven remarkably different. Driven by the twin pressures of IMF-mandated reforms and the devastating wake of Cyclone Ditwah, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has embraced a foreign policy defined by strategic necessity. By maintaining continuity in engagement and accepting massive Indian aid, Colombo has signaled that economic survival now outweighs historical skepticism

The 2022 economic crisis brought about a change in Sri Lanka's economic and foreign policy directions. Sri Lanka, as a country, sought to follow a reform agenda under the supervision of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), wh...