Global Threats to the Political Security of Sri Lanka (Reference to the Post War Period)

Abstract

Political security is one of the significant elements in the context of national security which linked to all the components of a nation state. Political security of a country is about the stability of social order. In post war period, Sri Lanka is going through certain threats which can affect the political security of the country. Accordingly, the main objective of the study is‖ to identify the global threats to the political security of Sri Lanka in post war period‖. The methodology that has applied for the study is qualitative in nature while using both primary and secondary data. To gather primary data, purposively selected sample of 150 people (20%) has been used only in the fields of military, academic, government and other professionals. As per the study, the identified global threats to the political security of Sri Lanka are Human rights violation and war crimes issue, Anti-Sri Lanka attitude in Tamil Nadu, Political pressure from India on 13th amendment, Influence of Tamil Diaspora, and Channel 4 challenge. As per the primary data, 78% of the sample proved that there is an impact of these global threats on the political security of Sri Lanka. As a country, Sri Lanka should have an effective political strategy to overcome such global threats.