Publications

The Geopolitical Rivalry of India and China in the Indian Ocean as a Crucial Determinant of the Future of Littoral States: Case Study of Sri Lanka.

Journal Articles

Menik Wakkumbura

Colombo Geographer, Vol. 01, Issue 01, 23-48

Publication year: 2023

The ‘New Quad’ in the Middle East: Opportunities and Implications for Sri Lanka’s Middle Eastern Relations.

Refereed Journal articles

Chulanee Attanayake, Menik Wakkumbura

Attanayake, C., & Wakkumbura, M. (2023). The ‘New Quad’in the Middle East: Opportunities and Implications for Sri Lanka’s Middle Eastern Relations. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 58(4), 604-620.

Publication year: 2023

Strategizing Humanitarian Affairs: The Bilateral Relations between India and Sri Lanka Since 2009

Book Chapters

Menik Wakkumbura

Wakkumbura, M. (2023) Strategizing Humanitarian Affairs: The Bilateral Relations between India and Sri Lanka Since 2009. In A. Senevirathna (Ed), Geopolitics of India-Sri Lanka Relations: The Way Forward. 1st Edition., pp.35-49, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University

Publication year: 2023

Introduction to International Security

Publications

Menik Wakkumbura

Wakkumbura, M. (2023) Introduction to International Security, Colombo: Colombo University Press

Publication year: 2023

Post-War Democracy Building Initiatives in Sri Lanka (2015-2019); Lessons Learned

Publications

Keerawella,G., Athambawa, S., Wakkumbura, M., Ramasamy, R., Jayathilake, N., De Silva, S.

Post-War Democracy Building Initiatives in Sri Lanka (2015-2019); Lessons Learned. Colombo: Regional Centre for Strategic Studies.

Publication year: 2022

The Role of Women Peacebuilders: Examining Community Efforts in War Affected Regions in Sri Lanka

Conference paper presentations / workshop attended

Menik Wakkumbura

Proceedings of the Symposium, International Women's Day 2021 Symposium, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo. p.27

Publication year: 2021

Onset of COVID-19 fourth Wave: An ‘Existential Threat’ demands ‘Extraordinary Measures’

Other Articles (Newspapers and Periodicals)

Menik Wakkumbura

Dailymirror, 16 August 2021

Publication year: 2021

India's Changing Role in Peacebuilding Initiatives: Case of Sri Lanka

Conference paper presentations / workshop attended

M.Wakkumbura

Conference Proceedings INCOIRe2021, Sri Lanka: University of Colombo.

Publication year: 2021

External Role in Liberal Reforms: The Case of Post-War Peacebuilding in Sri Lanka (2009-2019)

Conference paper presentations / workshop attended

M. Wakkumbura

IConArts2021, Conference Proceedings. Colombo: University of Colombo. p.130

Publication year: 2021

Challenges to Peacebuilding Approaches; Analyzing Sri Lanka's Peace Efforts During the First 10 Years Ending the Civil War

Refereed Journal articles

Menik Wakkumbura

Wakkumbura, M. (2021). Challenges to Peacebuilding Approaches: Analysing Sri Lanka’s Peace Efforts During the First 10 Years Ending the Civil War. Journal of Peacebuilding & Development, 1542316620985307.

Publication year: 2021

ASEAN's Security Cooperation and Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Challenges

Other Articles (Newspapers and Periodicals)

Menik Wakkumbura

Wakkumbura, M. (2021). ASEAN’s Security Cooperation and Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Challenges. Academia Letters, Article 710.

Publication year: 2021

'Revitalizing the Covid-19 Crisis: Social Vulnerabilities during Social Distancing', published in Dailymirror on 23 April 2020, Sri Lanka: Wijeya Newspapers.

Other Articles (Newspapers and Periodicals)

Wakkumbura, M.

Publication year: 2020

Peace Negotiation in International Relations

Publications

Menik Wakkumbura

Department of International Relations, Colombo University Press

Publication year: 2020

‘Peace Diplomacy – Is Sri Lanka’s Foreign Policy Contested?’ in S. Wijesinghe & A. Wijesinghe (eds.) The Foreign Policy Perspective for 2020, Sri Lanka: Former Ambassadors Forum. pp. 165-173.

Book Chapters

Wakkumbura, M.

Publication year: 2019

'Buddhist Tourism, Regionalism and Well-being' paper presented at ABTO Convention and Conference, 10th-12th December 2019, Bodhgaya, India

Conference paper presentations / workshop attended

Wakkumbura, M.

Publication year: 2019

'New Chapter for Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Equi-balancing for Better Gains when Government Stepping on Prosperity and Splendor', published in Dailymirror, 2 December 2019, Sri Lanka: Wijeya News Papers.

Other Articles (Newspapers and Periodicals)

Wakkumbura, M.

Publication year: 2019

'Dealing with International Peacebuilders: Past and Future in Island, Sri Lanka', published in The Island, February 14, 2019, Sri Lanka: Upali Newspapers.

Other Articles (Newspapers and Periodicals)

Publication year: 2019

‘Real/Perceived Threats at Modernity’. Paper presented at the National Defense Annual Seminar, Ministry of Defense. 30th-31st May 2019. Sri Lanka: Officer Career Development Center.

Conference paper presentations / workshop attended

Menik Wakkumbura

Publication year: 2019

‘Sri Lanka’s Maritime Affairs in the Changing Indian Ocean’. Published in The Prospector (December 11, 2018, Online): Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies.

Other Articles (Newspapers and Periodicals)

Wakkumbura, M.

Publication year: 2018

‘The Use of Peacebuilding Approaches to meet Restoration during Post-War Peacebuilding’ (November, 2018). Published in Conference Proceedings, IConArts 2018, Annual International Research Conference, Sri Lanka: University of Colombo: 112.

Conference paper presentations / workshop attended

Wakkumbura, M.

Publication year: 2018

M. Wakkumbura, (2018), ed. 'Arriving at Better Policy Recommendations: Applied Research with Agency Partnership', Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration.

Publications

Wakkumbura, M. (Ed).

Publication year: 2018

‘Buddhist Tourism and Positive Peace’. Paper presented at the ABTO Convention and Conference,10th-12th December 2018, India: Bodhgaya.

Conference paper presentations / workshop attended

Menik Wakkumbura

Publication year: 2018

‘Non-Traditional Security Challenges in South Asia’. Paper presented at the National Defense Seminar, Ministry of Defense, Buttala: OCDC, 31st May-1st June 2018.

Conference paper presentations / workshop attended

Publication year: 2018

Arriving at better policy recommendations; Applied research with agency partnership

Publications

Menik Wakkumbura

Wakkumbura, M. (Ed). Arriving at better policy recommendations; Applied research with agency partnership. Colombo: Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration (2017).

Publication year: 2017

Wakkumbura, M., & N. Wijegoonawardana. (2017). A Study on Reconciliation of Post-War Peacebuilding in Sri Lanka, Colombo Journal of Multi-Disciplinary Research, Vol 03 (1), Sri Lanka: University of Colombo. pp 23-38.

Journal Articles

M. Wakkumbura & N. Wijegoonawardana

Publication year: 2017

Wakkumbura, M. R. (2016). Language pluralism through the administrative service: The use of the official languages policy in Sri Lanka. Journal of Public Administration and Policy Research, 8(4), 33-44.

Refereed Journal articles

Menik Wakkumbura

Publication year: 2016

ව්‍යවහාර පරිපාලන සිද්ධි. සංස්කරණය, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව: ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංවර්ධන පරිපාලන ආයතනය. (2015)

Publications

මැණික් වක්කුඹුර

Publication year: 2015

‘Rethinking Language Pluralism through the Administrative Service: Use of Sri Lanka’s Official Language Policy’, In International Conference on Language Planning and Language Policy (LPP), 3rd-5th Sep. 2015. Canada: University of Calgary.

Conference paper presentations / workshop attended

Publication year: 2015

‘Trapped Reconciliation: Examining the Contribution of Reconciliation in Post Conflict Peacebuilding: Case of Sri Lanka since 2009’, at the IConArts, Sri Lanka: International Conference – University of Colombo (2015).

Conference paper presentations / workshop attended

M. Wakkumbura & N. Wijegoonawardane

Publication year: 2015

Dr. Menik R. Wakkumbura

Department of International Relations

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The Geopolitical Rivalry of India and China in the Indian Ocean as a Crucial Determinant of the Future of Littoral States: Case Study of Sri Lanka.

The ‘New Quad’ in the Middle East: Opportunities and Implications for Sri Lanka’s Middle Eastern Relations.

Strategizing Humanitarian Affairs: The Bilateral Relations between India and Sri Lanka Since 2009

Introduction to International Security

Post-War Democracy Building Initiatives in Sri Lanka (2015-2019); Lessons Learned

The Role of Women Peacebuilders: Examining Community Efforts in War Affected Regions in Sri Lanka

Onset of COVID-19 fourth Wave: An ‘Existential Threat’ demands ‘Extraordinary Measures’

India's Changing Role in Peacebuilding Initiatives: Case of Sri Lanka

External Role in Liberal Reforms: The Case of Post-War Peacebuilding in Sri Lanka (2009-2019)

Challenges to Peacebuilding Approaches; Analyzing Sri Lanka's Peace Efforts During the First 10 Years Ending the Civil War

ASEAN's Security Cooperation and Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Challenges

'Revitalizing the Covid-19 Crisis: Social Vulnerabilities during Social Distancing', published in Dailymirror on 23 April 2020, Sri Lanka: Wijeya Newspapers.

Peace Negotiation in International Relations

‘Peace Diplomacy – Is Sri Lanka’s Foreign Policy Contested?’ in S. Wijesinghe & A. Wijesinghe (eds.) The Foreign Policy Perspective for 2020, Sri Lanka: Former Ambassadors Forum. pp. 165-173.

'Buddhist Tourism, Regionalism and Well-being' paper presented at ABTO Convention and Conference, 10th-12th December 2019, Bodhgaya, India

'New Chapter for Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Equi-balancing for Better Gains when Government Stepping on Prosperity and Splendor', published in Dailymirror, 2 December 2019, Sri Lanka: Wijeya News Papers.

'Dealing with International Peacebuilders: Past and Future in Island, Sri Lanka', published in The Island, February 14, 2019, Sri Lanka: Upali Newspapers.

‘Real/Perceived Threats at Modernity’. Paper presented at the National Defense Annual Seminar, Ministry of Defense. 30th-31st May 2019. Sri Lanka: Officer Career Development Center.

‘Sri Lanka’s Maritime Affairs in the Changing Indian Ocean’. Published in The Prospector (December 11, 2018, Online): Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies.

‘The Use of Peacebuilding Approaches to meet Restoration during Post-War Peacebuilding’ (November, 2018). Published in Conference Proceedings, IConArts 2018, Annual International Research Conference, Sri Lanka: University of Colombo: 112.

M. Wakkumbura, (2018), ed. 'Arriving at Better Policy Recommendations: Applied Research with Agency Partnership', Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration.

‘Buddhist Tourism and Positive Peace’. Paper presented at the ABTO Convention and Conference,10th-12th December 2018, India: Bodhgaya.

‘Non-Traditional Security Challenges in South Asia’. Paper presented at the National Defense Seminar, Ministry of Defense, Buttala: OCDC, 31st May-1st June 2018.

Arriving at better policy recommendations; Applied research with agency partnership

Wakkumbura, M., & N. Wijegoonawardana. (2017). A Study on Reconciliation of Post-War Peacebuilding in Sri Lanka, Colombo Journal of Multi-Disciplinary Research, Vol 03 (1), Sri Lanka: University of Colombo. pp 23-38.

Wakkumbura, M. R. (2016). Language pluralism through the administrative service: The use of the official languages policy in Sri Lanka. Journal of Public Administration and Policy Research, 8(4), 33-44.

ව්‍යවහාර පරිපාලන සිද්ධි. සංස්කරණය, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව: ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංවර්ධන පරිපාලන ආයතනය. (2015)

‘Rethinking Language Pluralism through the Administrative Service: Use of Sri Lanka’s Official Language Policy’, In International Conference on Language Planning and Language Policy (LPP), 3rd-5th Sep. 2015. Canada: University of Calgary.

‘Trapped Reconciliation: Examining the Contribution of Reconciliation in Post Conflict Peacebuilding: Case of Sri Lanka since 2009’, at the IConArts, Sri Lanka: International Conference – University of Colombo (2015).