Asanga Abeyagoonasekera

Asanga Abeyagoonasekera
Abeyagoonasekera in 2013.
Born (1977-08-21) 21 August 1977 (age 47)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Alma materS. Thomas' Preparatory School
Ananda College
Harvard Kennedy School
Edith Cowan University
SpouseKumudu[1]
WebsiteOfficial website

Asanga Abeyagoonasekera (Sinhala: අසංග අබේගුණසේකර; born 21 August 1977) is a Sri Lankan academic, geopolitics and foreign policy analyst.[2] He is a political columnist[3] and author. He is a visiting professor for geopolitics and global leadership at Northern Kentucky University[4] and a visiting lecturer in International Political Economy for The University of London in Sri Lanka Royal Institute of Colombo and teaches at the International Security at University of Colombo. Abeyagoonasekera has more than a decade of experience in government administration, serving as the head of several government institutions and positions at the board level. His commentaries on International Relations and Geopolitics are published by Observer Research Foundation New Delhi,[5] London School of Economics[6] and South Asia Journal.[7] Abeyagoonasekera writes the monthly column Dateline Colombo [8] for IPCS think tank in New Delhi.

Abeyagoonasekera is the former founding director general of the Institute of National Security Studies Sri Lanka (INSSSL).[9] He was the former Executive Director of the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKIIRSS) which is a Sri Lankan government foreign policy think tank.[10][11]

  1. ^ "Asanga Abeyagoonasekera". Global Dignity. Archived from the original on 25 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Asanga Abeyagoonasekera".
  3. ^ "IPCS | Institute Of Peace & Conflict Studies". www.ipcs.org. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Faculty. Asanga Abeyagoonasekera".[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Asanga Abeyagoonasekera".
  6. ^ "Sri Lanka, China and the coming Biden Foreign Policy". 8 December 2020.
  7. ^ "A world Challenged by Geopolitical Tensions: The Global Risk Report 2022". 2 December 2023.
  8. ^ "IPCS | Institute of Peace & Conflict Studies".
  9. ^ "Asanga appointed DG of Institute of National Security Studies Sri Lanka | Daily FT". www.ft.lk. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Island.lk: Asanga Abeyagoonasekera appointed Executive Director of LKIIRSS". Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International Relations and Strategic Studies website". Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.