Priyantha Perera

Admiral Priyantha Perera (Retd) RSP**, USP, ndu, psc is a distinguished naval leader, maritime strategist, and defence academic who served as the 25th Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, completing nearly four decades of service. A three-time recipient of the Rana Soora Medal for gallantry, he commanded all major naval vessels and elite units of the Navy and played a key role in shaping doctrine, including Naval Strategy 2030. As Navy Commander, he strengthened international partnerships, led the Navy’s entry into the Combined Maritime Forces, and advanced digital transformation while being highly effective in counter-narcotics operations. A scholar with three Master’s degrees, he also champions nautical tourism and youth empowerment and holds the record for Sri Lanka’s first-ever sea-kayak circumnavigation.

October 20, 2026

Columns/Geopolitics

India: LoC Infiltration Attempts Persist

Indian security forces have foiled at least ten infiltration attempts along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir in 2026, killing nine terrorists in five incidents, according to partial SATP data.

Columns/Geopolitics

Baloch Insurgency Intensifies as BRG Escalates Attacks

The Baloch Republican Guards (BRG) have sharply escalated their operations in 2026, with at least 23 security personnel killed in six BRG-linked incidents, according to partial SATP data. From deadly ambushes to attacks on railways, power infrastructure and government installations,

October 20, 2026

The Indian Ocean’s Security Partnerships: When Cooperation Becomes Dependence

Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

For Sri Lanka, maritime security is not an abstract geopolitical concern. The island’s location near major shipping routes creates opportunities for trade, fisheries, and

China’s Suspected Underwater Drone Motherships Signal Expanding Naval Ambitions

Defence/Geopolitics

China appears to be developing a second unusually configured vessel that could serve as a mothership for large underwater drones, adding to evidence of

A Postscript to a Much-Forgotten Easter Sunday: The Japanese Raid on Ceylon

April 9, 2026

Geopolitics/Sri Lanka

Easter Sunday recalls an adversity that only a few still living can remember, when the Second World War came to the doorstep of Ceylon, present-day Sri Lanka. Eighty-four years have passed since

Exclusive Viewpoint: Neutrality Tested —Lessons from Graf Spee & IRIS Dena

March 15, 2026

Geopolitics/Sri Lanka

The story of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee in 1939 remains one of the most cited lessons in the law of neutrality. During her commerce-raiding mission in the South Atlantic