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State

Asia-Pacific

/LKA

Sri Lanka

Colombo sits at the center of a contested Indian Ocean recovery, with India formalizing a security architecture around it while China keeps its commercial footholds.

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Authority

Reach

Sri Lanka·20

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PF Score

Overall

20▲1

Colombo sits at the center of a contested Indian Ocean recovery, with India formalizing a security architecture around it while China keeps its commercial footholds.

Authority

The NPP government holds steady, fiscal distress still constraining the room to move.

Reach

Modest lift as Colombo anchors India's new regional security body and courts competing investors.

Dependency Quadrant·Sri Lanka

Mixed posture: 0 dependents, 3 exposures.

0Dependents3Exposures

Top 3 Snapshots7to10

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Sri Lanka-India Maritime TensionsSimmering

Asia-PacificTerritorial Dispute

Authority

Authority footing

Mixed Footing

Reach

Economic scale

$99B

Mid Economy

Vulnerability

Debt service pressure

24%

High Exposure

Mobilization mode

Electoral democracy

Fiscal capacity

High Capacity

Government effectiveness

Mixed Governance

Logistics capacity

Working Logistics

Trade openness

Closed Trade

42%

Population base

Mid Population

22M

Capital openness

Closed Capital

Defense burden

Light Burden

Defense spending / person

Low Priority

$58

Energy position

Import Reliant

60%

Defense spending trend

Retrenching

-25%

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