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

Abstract

The international humanitarian agenda involves external assistance that goes beyond relief, including a variety of external involvement in reconstruction and rehabilitation. The entreaty for post-war humanitarian recovery in Sri Lanka is widely examined— Sri Lanka, since the end of the civil war in 2009 received a large amount of humanitarian assistance and aid by both state and non-state actors. It is recognized that bilateral humanitarian assistance received by India is paramount for the development of the Northern and Eastern parts of the island nation. This book chapter examines India's humanitarian support to Sri Lanka since 2009 and the changing nature of the two countries' bilateral expectations.