<p>• 'Sri Lankan National Security And Foreign Policy In Transition,' talk at the International Conference on Postcolonial Societies in Transition (ICPST) Organized by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, March 2-3, 2015. • 'Japan and Australia: India’s New Geo-Political Allies in the Changing Asia-Pacific,' talk at the International Relations Conference 2014 On Maritime Security: Unlocking India’s Great Power Partnerships, organized by Association of Asia Scholars at Pondicherry University, December 8-10, 2014. • 'China in the Indian Ocean Region: Changing Geopolitics and Challenges,' talk at the International Conference on China in the Indian Ocean Region, organized by the Centre for Indian Ocean Studies, Osmania University, Hyderabad, November 13-14, 2014 (with Ms. Ramya P, Research Associate, NIAS). • 'Challenges to Sustainable Peace and Reconciliation: The Post-War Sri Lankan Experience' talk at the International Conference on “Engaging South Asia” at Mahatma Gandhi University , Kottayam, Kerala, India, March 27-28, 2014. • 'Understanding Vulnerability to Climate Change and Sea Level Rise: Scenarios and Impacts - A Case Study of Maldives and Bangladesh,' talk at the International Conference on “Disaster Mitigation and Management Towards Sustainable Development” at Periyar Maniammai University, Thanjavur, India, December 4, 2013. • 'India’s Maritime Interest and Challenges,' talk at the international conference on "Shaping the Security Architecture in Southeast &amp; East Asia Indo-Pacific as Lookeast 3.0," organized by NIAS, IPCS and St. Joseph College, Bangalore, India, September 10-11, 2013 (with Ms. Aditi Malhotra, Research Associate, NIAS). • 'India-Sri Lanka Relations: Contextualizing Free Trade Agreement', Invited Lecture, St Joseph College, Bangalore, January 23, 2013. • 'Innovative Tactics and Technology in Counter Terrorism: Sri Lankan Experience,' Invited talk at NIAS-DST Leadership Course on 27 September 2012. • 'Conflict Resolution in Sri Lanka: Failures, Causes and Lessons,' talk at the Conference on Searching for non-western roots of conflict resolution discourses, norms and case studies, organized by Institute of foreign policy studies, University of Calcutta, 3-31 January 2012. • 'Rise of China and the Indian Ocean: Concerns and Challenges for India,' talk at International Conference on Ocean and Geopolitics, organized by university of Malaya, Malaysia, December 8-9, 2011. • 'How did Sri Lankan Government Defeat LTTE,' talk at Wednesday NIAS forum on November 9, 2011 at NIAS. • 'Crossing Border: The socio-economic Drivers of Sri Lankan Tamil Migration to India,' talk at International conference on Crossing Borders, Traversing Boundaries: Bridging the Gap between International and Internal Migration Research and Theory, organized by the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore October 13-14, 2011. • “Migration and Inequality”, talk at the Workshop organized by Sussex University and University of Colombo at Negombo, Sri Lanka, September 18-24, 2011. • 'Ethno nationalism and other challenges to India’s Security,' talk at National Seminar on ‘Democracy and Discontent’ organised by the Department of Political Science, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, India, February 11-12, 2011. • 'India and its Neighbours,' invited talk at ManidhaNeyam Institute, Chennai, January 24, 2011. • 'India’s Look East Policy,' Invited Lecture at Malaysia Armed Force Staff College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 5, 2010. “Dialogue Without Commitment: Why Southern Thailand Peace Process is Fragile?” at the NIAS-KAS Authors Workshop on ‘Armed Conflict and Peace Process,’ Stella Maris College, Chennai, 9-10 July 2018. “Realizing the Indo-Pacific: Indian Objectives and Strategies” at the NIAS-USAWC Dialogue on ‘India, US and the Indo-Pacific,’ 23 February 2018. “Potential Demographic Change And Conflict In South Asia: A Case Study Of Climate-Related Population Mobility From Maldives And Bangladesh To India And Its Impact”, at the&nbsp;Climate Disaster Governance&nbsp;conference organized by the Asian Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 22 September 2017. “Dynamics in the Korean Peninsula and its Implications for Global Security,” at the KDU’s&nbsp;Tenth International Research Conference, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka, 03 August 2017. “‘Intentionally Ignored?’ India and the Up-Country Tamils in Sri Lanka”, at the ICES Conference on&nbsp;‘Up-country Tamils: Charting a New Future,’ Colombo, Sri Lanka, 03 August 2017. “Myanmar 2017: One Step Forward, Two Steps Backward?,” at the NIAS ISSSP Strategic Forecast Workshop, 31 March 2017.</p>