Sumantra Maitra
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Sumantra Maitra (Twitter: @MrMaitra) is a foreign affairs journalist, and research scholar on foreign policy and neo-realism, based in England. |
July 23, 2018
- As Brexit crumbles, so does faith in democracy
- With the U.K. in chaos over Brexit, voters are learning that democracy will always be second to the expectations and interests of the country's elites.
July 21, 2018
- Trump-Putin meeting will bring nothing new
- Despite the build-up surrounding Trump's meeting with Putin in Helsinki, and the expressions of friendliness between the two leaders, we should expect no change of any real substance in the future of U.S.-Russian relations.
July 12, 2018
- Trump, NATO, EU and liberal order
- Trump's concerns over NATO are not new. They are valid long-term concerns of every single American taxpayer, and Europe continues to ignore it at its own peril.
July 1, 2018
- ?Harvard causing 'brain drain' through discrimination against Asians
- The discrimination has contributed over time to race-based exclusion and a less competitive student body.
June 25, 2018
- ?Australia's pivotal strategic role in Indo-Pacific order
- The recent Lowy institute poll shows what has been quite clear in strategic circles in Asia-Pacific, that the most relevant and pivotal country in the entire region is Australia.
June 20, 2018
- SCO charts a formal course ahead against protectionism
- If the SCO can utilize its weight in geopolitics, it will be a phenomenal change in providing stability in Asia, at a time when the Western economies are retracing back to protectionism and isolationism.
June 13, 2018
- India lacks a grand strategy in Asia
- Despite rising expectations from the major powers, India has little to gain by playing a more assertive role in Asian affairs.
June 11, 2018
- G6 plus 1 and the hubris of US unilateralism
- As former staunch allies rally against Trump's recent trade posturing, the U.S. or "G6 plus 1" finds itself potentially a victim of its own hubris and isolationism.
June 4, 2018
- Italy and the misreading of history
- The EU has taken a huge existential risk by showing contempt for democracy in Italy.
May 26, 2018
- ?Italy poses an unprecedented challenge to EU
- As a new antiestablishment Italian government takes shape following elections, the recent swell of populist movements comes closer than ever to the heart of the EU.
