Media Release by SAFN Washington, DC. WASHINGTON, D.C., January 22, 2025 – The South Asia Foresight Network (SAFN) is delighted to announce that Erik Solheim, renowned diplomat, peace negotiator, and UN global environmental leader, has joined SAFN as a distinguished Senior Fellow. With decades of experience across South and Southeast Asia, including India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, and…
Media Release by SAFN Washington, DC. Washington, DC (November 7th, 2024) – The South Asia Foresight Network (SAFN), an initiative under the Millennium Project, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Yap Kwong Weng who is the CEO of the Vietnam SuperPort as a Senior Fellow for the newly established SAFN Belt & Road Initiative Center….
Xi’an, China (15 October 2024) – In a significant step toward enhancing global cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the Institute for Overseas Safety and Security (OSS) at the International Collaboration Mechanism Center at NTS-PD, Zheijian University, and the South Asia Foresight Network (SAFN) in Washington, D.C., have agreed to establish a dedicated BRI…
Abeyagoonasekera outlined how Sri Lanka’s evolving political landscape under the NPP offers an opportunity to strengthen its role within the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). He emphasized the importance of fostering pragmatic, synergetic cooperation between Sri Lanka and China, particularly through the BRI, as a pathway to support national development and modernization in a rapidly…
Media Release by SAFN Washington, DC. Dr. Zhou Zhanggui- Senior Researcher/Distinguished Professor, Zhejiang University, China Washington, DC (October 1st, 2024) – The South Asia Foresight Network (SAFN), an initiative under the Millennium Project, is pleased to announce the appointment of two distinguished scholars from India and China as Senior Fellows. Their expertise will significantly contribute to…
From Left: Poonam Sharma, Jerome C. Glenn, Asanga Abeyagoonasekera and Jeffery S. Payne. “Chinese Strategic trap in Sri Lanka”, warns Senior Research Fellow. “There is a deliberate Strategic Trap in Sri Lanka by China,” says the author Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, a Senior Research Fellow at the Millennium Project in Washington, DC. The book discussion on ‘Teardrop…
By Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, Executive Director SAFN “A journey in search of the Malwatu Oya is a journey to the heart of an ancient civilization” in Sri Lanka, says Dr. SinhaRaja Tammita-Delgoda, who discovered the historical context and brought out the beauty of Malwatu Oya in his documentary. Unfortunately, in the present day, her beauty and its…
