{"id":15336,"date":"2025-07-25T12:55:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T07:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=15336"},"modified":"2025-07-25T15:42:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T10:12:20","slug":"launch-of-bcis-publication-sri-lankas-defence-policy-since-independence-the-shifting-balance-of-power-in-the-indian-ocean","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/event\/launch-of-bcis-publication-sri-lankas-defence-policy-since-independence-the-shifting-balance-of-power-in-the-indian-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch of BCIS Publication &#8216;Sri Lanka&#8217;s Defence Policy since Independence &#038; the Shifting Balance of Power in the Indian Ocean&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"tec_event_single_static\" data-elementor-id=\"15336\" class=\"elementor elementor-15336\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71b20a27 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"71b20a27\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d22280 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d22280\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 28-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><div>\ud83d\udcd6 <strong>Book Launch Announcement<\/strong><\/div><\/div><p>The Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS) is pleased to announce the launch of its latest publication:<\/p><p><em><strong>Sri Lanka\u2019s Defence Policy Since Independence &amp; the Shifting Balance of Power in the Indian Ocean<\/strong><\/em><br \/>Authored by <strong>Professor Gamini Keerawella<\/strong><\/p><p>\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f <strong>Date:<\/strong> 29th July 2025<br \/>\ud83d\udd5f <strong>Time:<\/strong> 4:30 PM<br \/>\ud83d\udccd <strong>Venue:<\/strong> BCIS Auditorium<\/p><p>Professor Keerawella is an Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Peradeniya, a member of the BCIS Academic Affairs Board and Council of Management, and a former Executive Director of BCIS. His publication offers an in-depth analysis of the evolution of Sri Lanka\u2019s defence strategy from 1948 to the present day. It explores how domestic political developments and shifting geopolitical dynamics have shaped the country\u2019s national security policy within the increasingly contested Indian Ocean region.<\/p><p><strong>Admiral Jayanath Colombage<\/strong> (RSP, VSV, USP, FNI), former Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, will introduce the book.<\/p><p>\u2705 <strong>RSVP by 28th July:<\/strong> <a>nishani@bcis.edu.lk<\/a><\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15343\" src=\"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-Edits04-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1550\" height=\"2185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-Edits04-3.jpg 1550w, https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-Edits04-3-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-Edits04-3-726x1024.jpg 726w, https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-Edits04-3-768x1083.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-Edits04-3-1090x1536.jpg 1090w, https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-Edits04-3-1453x2048.jpg 1453w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1550px) 100vw, 1550px\" \/><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udcd6 Book Launch Announcement The Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS) is pleased to announce the launch of its latest publication: Sri Lanka\u2019s Defence Policy Since Independence &amp; the Shifting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15341,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-15336","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/15336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/15336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15344,"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/15336\/revisions\/15344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15336"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=15336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}