The 'New Quad' in the Middle East

Opportunities and Implications for Sri Lanka's Middle Eastern Relations

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2309182
AutoresChulanee Attanayake (0000-0003-4091-5857, National University of Singapore, autor de correspondencia), Menik Wakkumbura (University of Colombo)
Año2023
Volumen58
Número4
Páginas590-606
Fecha de publicación2023-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Asian and African Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0021-9096 • E-ISSN: 1745-2538
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00219096231162099
OpenAlexW4362469648
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas24

The emerging geopolitical tension and the trade competition in the Indian Ocean urge Sri Lanka to plan its diplomatic ties prudently encouraging Sri Lankan decision-makers to envisage a new strategy for international diplomatic cooperation: minilateralism. This diplomatic engagement mode enables smaller states to cooperate with greater powers in small-scaled/sized cooperation patterns to increase their international opportunities. Since the Indian Ocean has become a hotspot of maritime trade competition and various geostrategic developments, Sri Lanka aspires to new venues for international cooperation. The 'new Quad' formed among the United States, India, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates can be a potentially lucrative partnership for a littoral state like Sri Lanka. Amid these developments, this paper seeks to fill a void by delving into the strategic reasons for Sri Lanka's engagement with the Middle East via minilateralism. This paper investigates the newly strategising affairs of the 'new Quad' which two of their member states, Israel and UAE are from the Middle East, and views on how Sri Lanka can benefit in economic ties and crisis management realms to deal with energy and maritime trade issues

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