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The New Normal: Platform for Serious TalksEpisode 11: Trump will lose - Allan Jay Lichtman reaffirms the predictionOn November 3rd of this year, voters of the United States are going to vote for the presidential election. Who is going to win the election? Many pre-polls and predictions are occupying the media. Out of all of them one man who earned the credibility and reputation for predicting the winner of the presidential elections since the early 80s. His predictions were never wrong. In 1981 He and his intellectual partner late Prof Vladimir Keilis-Borok published a phenomenal paper in which they have introduced a scientific formula to predict the winner of one of the most important...2020-08-3123 minThe New Normal: Platform for Serious TalksEpisode 10: Sanctions are bringing suffering and death - UN Special RapporteurThe use of economic sanctions has throughout history been an integral component of the foreign policy of most nation-states. As a blunt tool of diplomacy, the concept of sanctions has been around at least from the time of the ancient Greeks, when Athens imposed a trade embargo on its neighbour Megara in 432 B.C. Since then, there has been a long history of countries blockading their enemies to compel a change in behaviour. In the late nineteenth century, economic sanctions were generally used during times of war and took the form Export controls on strategic supplies and blockades...2020-08-1844 minThe New Normal: Platform for Serious TalksEpisode 9: Mafia group destroys my beloved nation Venezuela - María Corina MachadoUnfortunately, a group of criminals have robbed and destroyed Venezuela in the last few decades. Therefore, the prevailing political crisis is deepening day by day; people are struggling to get rid of this highly sophisticated mafia rule, María Corina Machado one of the leading opposition figures in Venezuela said. In this episode of The New Normal, Nilantha Ilangamuwa talked to María Corina Machado to have insights about the situation in the oil-rich nation in Latin America. Maria is a founding member of Vente Venezuela. She was elected Member of the National Assembly of Venezuela in September 2010, ha...2020-08-1129 minThe New Normal: Platform for Serious TalksEpisode 08 : Rule of Law is worsening in Myanmar- Than Than NuRule of Law is worsening as State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is isolating herself without initiating a constructive approach to consolidate the political parties and movements in the country, Daw Than Than Nu, founding member of Democratic Party in Myanmar told the New Normal of Truth Side TV. Talking to Nilantha Ilangamuwa from her home in Yangon, She has recalled the memories of her father and the current situation in Myanmar. The country is once known as the rice of Bawl of Asia. Daw Than Than Nu is a daughter of the first Prime Minister of...2020-08-0422 minThe New Normal: Platform for Serious TalksEpisode 07: Israel-Palestine Conflict: Claiming our sovereignty is our rightWe are not planning to annex any part of Palestinian territory but we are planning to claim our sovereignty,” Director of Foreign Affairs at Israel's Likud Party, Mr Eli Vered Hazan told The New Normal of Truth Side TV. Joining by Nilantha Ilangamuwa from his house in Jerusalem, Mr Hazan, a strong supporter of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has tried to justify every action of the incumbent government which is under fire due to a series of protests in locally and internationally as well as lack of majority in the Knesset. However, Mr Hazan did not hesitate to give us...2020-07-2831 minThe New Normal: Platform for Serious TalksEpisode 06: Commemorating Mandela Day - 2020The world has commemorated the 102nd Birth Anniversary of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president, on the 18th of this month. He was elected as the President in 1994 and severed for five years respectively. How important is Mandela's political legacy to today's social Affairs? Has Mandela’s legacy betrayed by his successors? Her Excellency Robina Marks, the South African High Commissioner to Sri Lanka sat with Nilantha Ilangamuwa at her residence in Colombo and joined The New Normal of Truth Side TV to talk about this very issue. She also represents South Africa in the Maldives, Bangladesh as we...2020-07-2230 minThe New Normal: Platform for Serious TalksEPISODE 05: Hong Kong Chief Executive Carry Lam is the culprit – Emily LauMs Emily Lau nom de guerre Iron Lady of Hong Kong has joined us from her residence to discuss the current situation in Hong Kong after China has promulgated the controversial National security Law for Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a former British colony was handed over to China in 1997. Since then Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the Peoples’ Republic of China. In this interview, Emily Lau talked about the future of Hong Kong under the National Security Lau, and the territory’s first woman Chief Executive Carry Lam.
Emily Lau is a former chai...2020-07-1524 minThe New Normal: Platform for Serious TalksEPISODE 04: Plight of Humanity – Israel doesn’t want peaceHere is the fourth episode of The New Normal of Truth Side TV; Platform for Serious Talks. Our host Nilantha Ilangamuwa sat with the His Excellency Dr Zuhair Mohammad Hamdallah Zaid, Ambassador of State of Palestine to Sri Lanka to discuss the cordial diplomatic relationship between Sri Lanka and Palestine, as well as the impacts of prevailing crisis between Israel and Palestine. Born in Ramallah and joined the Foreign Service of Palestine in 2000, Dr Zuhair has earned his PhD in Political Science from Jamia Millia Islamia in India. In 2014 he was appointed as the Ambassador of...2020-07-0824 minThe New Normal: Platform for Serious TalksEPISODE 03: How to revive a broken economy?Our guest for Episode 03 of The New Normal is the Managing Director, Chelina Capital Corporation in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Mr Lolitha Abeysinghe. He is the driving force behind the Opportunity Sri Lanka, an initiative for attracting foreign investors and former commissioner of Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka. In this interview, he described the economic situation in the country and the consequences of the lack of steady economic policies.2020-07-0124 minThe New Normal: Platform for Serious TalksEPISODE 02: Secrets behind Cuba's healthcareThis is the second episode of the New Normal: Platform for Serious Talks. Cuban-Sri Lanka relationship is a historic one. It has mutually benefited for both nations in the last few decades. Sri Lanka is one of the first Asian countries to establish bilateral relations with Cuba. Our guest today is Juana Elena Ramos Rodriguez, Cuban Ambassador designated to Sri Lanka and Maldives. She sat with us at her residence in Colombo to talk about the bilateral relationship between Sri Lanka and Cuba, the Cuban public health system and challenges in post-COVID-19 society. Let’s listen to her;2020-06-2429 minThe New Normal: Platform for Serious TalksEPISODE 01: What Exactly going on in Trump's White House?This is our first episode of the NEW NORMAL: PLATFORM FOR SERIOUS TALKS. In this episode, DOUG WEAD was interviewed by NILANTHA ILANGAMUWA. Doug Wead is a well-known presidential Historian in the United States and an adviser to two US Presidents. He is the author of more than thirty books and a co-author of a book with George H. W. Bush. His books are known for their primary sources. His most recent book is Inside Trump's White House: the real story of his presidency. While appreciating Doug’s book on him, President Trump wrote that “Great writer and historian, Doug...2020-06-1735 min