The Prince of Kandy Sajith Premadasa positions himself as a superior negotiator compared to Ranil Wickremesinghe, claiming that his negotiation skills, particularly with the IMF, will set Sri Lanka on a more prosperous economic path. He suggests that the country’s difficulties stem from mismanagement by foreign creditors and the current government. As a Sri Lankan, ... Read More

What is Sajith’s position? For those genuinely interested in how Sajith might have managed the crisis differently, there is one main source of information, which is fortunately available on YouTube[i]. To minimize bias in my summary, I used ChatGPT to provide an overview. ChatGPT Summary In his speech, Sajith Premadasa outlines his solution to Sri ... Read More

Also published at https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/from-israel-to-sri-lanka-the-political-power-of-the-defense-agenda/ Presidential politics are bad, particularly how it intertwines with the presidential system and the central role of defense and violence in maintaining political power. This examination is not a critique of foreign policy in isolation but a broader analysis of the mechanics of political authority within the presidential framework of the ... Read More

The Prince of Kandy In the study of certain subjects, there are certain universal truths that teachers try to instil in their students. In medicine there is ‘first do no harm’, in accounting there is the notion of double-entry, and in economics (and important to this piece) there is the concept of demand and supply. ... Read More

The Prince of Kandy Given the recent passing of Mangala Samaraweera, it is important to set out at least a few things so as to show disagreement with the consensus view. Samaraweera was a polarizing figure with his stance on ethnic reconciliation drawing adoration from some and hatred from others. Here I will contend that ... Read More

The Prince of Kandy Also published at https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/shall-we-decide/ This is being written in two veins. One to point out the massive corporate hypocrisy of our media landscape. Secondly and most importantly to at least maintain the adversarial façade of our political landscape. Rajandram Rajamahendran was not a nice man. His achievements in cricket are mainly ... Read More