Comments on: PLATO’S CAVE IN THE INDIAN OCEAN: ELITE FAILURE IN SRI LANKA https://groundviews.org/2014/04/30/platos-cave-in-the-indian-ocean-elite-failure-in-sri-lanka/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=platos-cave-in-the-indian-ocean-elite-failure-in-sri-lanka Journalism for Citizens Sun, 04 May 2014 11:11:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 By: Dev https://groundviews.org/2014/04/30/platos-cave-in-the-indian-ocean-elite-failure-in-sri-lanka/#comment-56780 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 17:37:00 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=15041#comment-56780 One of the reasons for the crisis of the Sri Lankan state’s external relations in the post-war period is the failure of the political elite to permit the function of mediation be carried out by an autonomous stratum of a more globalised if ultimately patriotic character.

Patriotism or the lack of it is never the issue…
I have always stated and continue to state that the main problem we have in international relations is the appointment of non career diplomats who enter through political connections, family ties … Whether they be tea company owners, retired military personnel or political scientists….if we fix this, then we can fix our external image.

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