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 5, 2017
- Three things to watch out for at the G20
- Germany, as host of the forthcoming G20 Summit, is trying to limit discussions to the climate change issue alone. But there are other topics just as important.
June 24, 2017
- We are one miscalculation away from an all-out great power war in Syria
- The best that other powers could do at this stage is to call for dialogue and divide Syria into zones.
June 21, 2017
- Helmut Kohl's legacy
- Kohl's vision of a united Europe is anything but true and history has a strange sense of humor.
June 15, 2017
- Takeaways from British and French elections
- Brexit cannot be hard; the forces of economics do not allow that, both for Europe and for the United Kingdom.
June 10, 2017
- Coming Asian war on terror and a growing SCO
- As fundamentalist-based terrorism spreads across Asia, the Shanghai Cooperative Organization could prove a vital tool in dealing with it.
June 8, 2017
- Tran-Atlantic rift that took a while to develop
- It's becoming increasingly clear that it is Germany and the United States that together will shape the future of the Western world, and we need to prepare for that.
May 25, 2017
- Trump leaks will be relevant for decades to come
- The continuous stream of leaks from within Trump's administration is setting a dangerous precedent that can only harm American democracy.
May 24, 2017
- UK calls troops onto streets after another terror attack
- The suicide bombing at a pop concert in Manchester has brought on the usual hand-wringing. However, what needs to be recognized is that Europe is facing an outright insurgency.
May 22, 2017
- The Middle East policy switch is on
- The signs are President Donald Trump is moving American Middle East policy back towards a pro-Saudi Arabia stance and abandon his predecessor's attempts to achieve balance with Iran.
May 17, 2017
- London keen on BRI
- It's goodbye EU and hello China, as Britain shows its enthusiasm for the Belt and Road Initiative and its desire to be an active partner after Brexit.
