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April 29, 20262h 1min

Sri Lanka's Civil War and China's Insane Energy Revolution - Former Deputy General United Nations

with Former Deputy General United Nations, CHAPTERS & TIMESTAMPS

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Sri Lanka's Civil War and China's Insane Energy Revolution - Former Deputy General United Nations
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In this episode of From the Island, we sit with Erik Solheim, former Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment, former Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme, and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. He was also Norway's chief mediator in Sri Lanka's civil war, meeting LTTE leader Prabhakaran over 10 times.

We go deep on what really happened behind the ceasefire, why the peace process collapsed, what Prabhakaran's fatal strategic errors were, and what Sri Lanka can lea

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