The 'New Quad' in the Middle East
Opportunities and Implications for Sri Lanka's Middle Eastern Relations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2309182 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chulanee Attanayake (0000-0003-4091-5857, National University of Singapore, corresponding author), Menik Wakkumbura (University of Colombo) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 590-606 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Asian and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9096 • E-ISSN: 1745-2538 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00219096231162099 |
| OpenAlex | W4362469648 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 24 |
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
Ancient history · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · General partnership · Geography · Geopolitics · Indian ocean · International relations · International trade · Middle East · Political science · Politics · South asia · Sri lanka · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |