Srilanka, Sept. 27 -- United Republican Front (URF) leader Patali Champika Ranawaka, speaking at a public discussion on his latest book, 'Ekata Getuma', cautioned that several geopolitical alliances had been formed across the region and warned that it would be dangerous if the MoU signed among the UAE, India and Sri Lanka turned out to be a stepping stone towards, or a counter-formation to, any of them.

Ranawaka, who has delved extensively into the evolution of power struggles in world history in his book written in Sinhala, referred to a number of such alliances, such as QUAD, or the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, involving the United States, India, Japan and Australia, and AUKUS, which is a security partnership among Australia, the ...