CNA Talks

Biographies

Nilanthi Samaranayake directs the Strategy and Policy Analysis Program. She has led several studies at CNA on Indian Ocean and South Asia security. Recently Samaranayake has worked on U.S.-India naval cooperation, water resource competition in the Brahmaputra River basin, and Sri Lankan foreign policy.

Dr. Rebecca 'Bec' Strating is the Executive Director of the La Trobe Asia team at La Trobe University in Australia. She is the author of the new book, Defending the Maritime Rules-based Order: Regional Responses to the South China Sea Disputes.