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Abstract— Growing infrastructure within Trincomalee and with Colombo (high speed
significance of strategic railway, expressway, international airport, developed harbour
location of Trincomalee has (including Tambalagam Bay), fourthly developing a cooperative
several potential positive relationship between provincial and national government giving
and negative implications. priority to Sri Lankan national interests.
There are geopolitical choices Keywords— Geopolitics, Strategic, Potential
for Trincomalee. If envisioned
strategically, Trincomalee has I. INTRODUCTION
the potential to revive its lost The Trincomalee Harbour is the most valuable asset of Sri
opportunity of becoming a geo- Lanka. It is one of the world’s great natural harbours, placed
economic hub of Sri Lanka. But if in a strategic point near the Bay of Bengal. In the current
it is allowed to be used purely as a day strategic context the Trincomalee Harbour is an ideal
geopolitical asset of other states, it harbour for nuclear submarines, which are able to dive
could not only become threat to Sri low within its inner harbour to effectively avoid radar,
Lankan sovereignty but could be a and sonar detection. It is, therefore, a strategic prize
victim of a future geopolitical conflict any power would like to possess. It is in this situation
in the Indian Ocean Region. Extensive that the Trincomalee harbour would play a dominant
literature survey on this reveals that role in the politics and diplomacy of the island state.
Trincomalee has the greatest potential to The diplomatic relations of the Kandyan Kingdom in
become geopolitically and geoeconomically the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Indo-Sri
the most significant hub in the Indian Ocean Lankan relations in the post-World War II period,
in the 21st Century. However, actualization the present and future diplomacy and politics,
of this potential depends on first, maintaining
revolve around how the Trincomalee Harbour
friendly geopolitical relations with all major issue will be resolved. The study shows that the
powers in the Indian Ocean, second adopting issues of power and security interests were
open investment friendly economic and fiscal uppermost in the history and politics of Sri
policies and not limiting Trincomalee exclusively Lanka and the Trincomalee Harbour.
to one or another state, thirdly development of II. METHODOLOGY
A. Research Objectives
With many countries competing for the
same global capital, we need to be more
attractive. Therefore a well thought-
out strategy becomes important.
Without a strategy it is difficult to
imagine Sri Lanka setting itself on
a path of rapid development. The
purpose of this literature survey is
to impress upon the authorities
the need for a strategy and plan.
The first step towards a positive
strategy would be to fully utilize
Abstract— Growing infrastructure within Trincomalee and with Colombo (high speed
significance of strategic railway, expressway, international airport, developed harbour
location of Trincomalee has (including Tambalagam Bay), fourthly developing a cooperative
several potential positive relationship between provincial and national government giving
and negative implications. priority to Sri Lankan national interests.
There are geopolitical choices Keywords— Geopolitics, Strategic, Potential
for Trincomalee. If envisioned
strategically, Trincomalee has I. INTRODUCTION
the potential to revive its lost The Trincomalee Harbour is the most valuable asset of Sri
opportunity of becoming a geo- Lanka. It is one of the world’s great natural harbours, placed
economic hub of Sri Lanka. But if in a strategic point near the Bay of Bengal. In the current
it is allowed to be used purely as a day strategic context the Trincomalee Harbour is an ideal
geopolitical asset of other states, it harbour for nuclear submarines, which are able to dive
could not only become threat to Sri low within its inner harbour to effectively avoid radar,
Lankan sovereignty but could be a and sonar detection. It is, therefore, a strategic prize
victim of a future geopolitical conflict any power would like to possess. It is in this situation
in the Indian Ocean Region. Extensive that the Trincomalee harbour would play a dominant
literature survey on this reveals that role in the politics and diplomacy of the island state.
Trincomalee has the greatest potential to The diplomatic relations of the Kandyan Kingdom in
become geopolitically and geoeconomically the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Indo-Sri
the most significant hub in the Indian Ocean Lankan relations in the post-World War II period,
in the 21st Century. However, actualization the present and future diplomacy and politics,
of this potential depends on first, maintaining
revolve around how the Trincomalee Harbour
friendly geopolitical relations with all major issue will be resolved. The study shows that the
powers in the Indian Ocean, second adopting issues of power and security interests were
open investment friendly economic and fiscal uppermost in the history and politics of Sri
policies and not limiting Trincomalee exclusively Lanka and the Trincomalee Harbour.
to one or another state, thirdly development of II. METHODOLOGY
A. Research Objectives
With many countries competing for the
same global capital, we need to be more
attractive. Therefore a well thought-
out strategy becomes important.
Without a strategy it is difficult to
imagine Sri Lanka setting itself on
a path of rapid development. The
purpose of this literature survey is
to impress upon the authorities
the need for a strategy and plan.
The first step towards a positive
strategy would be to fully utilize
