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AGSAC set to reshape regional geopolitics and democratic ethics

June 09, 2025

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Asian Geopolitical Strategic Affairs Council (AGSAC), a regional initiative aimed at monitoring geopolitical developments in the region, enhancing democratic values through the promotion of ethical governance and ethical media practices, is being established by a group of distinguished experts in international relations, economics, political science and media institutions in Sri Lanka and Asian region.

AGSAF will be guided by a team of leading experts, academics and professional media-personnel as Members of the Board of Directors, Dr. Shameera Kithmini, Senior Assistant Secretary & Media Spokesperson of the AGSAC said in a release.

It said: Prof. Mohan Munasinghe will be the President and Sugeeswara P. Senadhira, media, research, and diplomacy veteran, will serve as the Secretary General of AGSAC. Its overseas members include Tarun Basu, Secretary General Society for Policy Studies, New Delhi, Dr Nishchal Pandey, Convenor, Consortium of South Asian Think Tanks (COSATT), Kathmandu, Prof Shahab E Khan, Executive Director, Bangladesh Centre for Indo-Pacific Affairs, Dhaka, Eng. Sloan Liu Yang, Director, Global Initiative Implementation Alliance, Chongqing and Prof Moonis Ahmar, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi.

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