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. |
November 27, 2018
- Paris riots reflect growing dissent in France
- The recent riots in Paris and other cities around France stem from a number of issues, including a weak economy, resentment on social media, and a strong dislike for French President Macron.
November 21, 2018
- Europe's imperial delusions pose a real threat
- The idea now being floated by certain European politicians to create a European army is a dangerous and delusional concept that can only lead to creation of a destabilizing empire.
November 20, 2018
- Britain's Versailles moment
- Frankly, Theresa May's deal isn't Brexit. It also shows a fundamental truth, that the EU is imperial in character, and would impose its will on other powers.
November 13, 2018
- Midterm election 'blue wave' fails to appear
- In the U.S. congressional midterm elections, the Democrats focused on the wrong things. Their identity politics were rejected as voters favored candidates who focused on jobs, meaning Trump's policies for his blue-collar power base basically continuing unchanged.
November 12, 2018
- A new round of meaningless sanctions on Iran
- The Iranian sanctions are dead before arrival and will be easily bypassed by all the major powers.
October 30, 2018
- Brazil voters move rightwards in favor of law and order
- The win in Brazil's presidential election by far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro reflects the same underlying causes regarding the law and order ills plaguing the world.
October 28, 2018
- Avoiding idealism in Afghanistan in the post-American vacuum
- The Afghan war is over, and America lost. Other neighboring powers should start planning to avoid any post-American vacuum, by learning from the successive mistakes of the British, Russians and Americans.
October 23, 2018
- How much do American midterm elections matter?
- Despite President Donald Trump's bluster over alleged Chinese "interference" in the forthcoming American mid-term elections, little will change in regard to Sino-U.S. relations no matter who wins.
October 16, 2018
- America's growing Saudi problem
- If U.S. desires to continue being called the leader of the liberal rule-based international order, the time to show it is now, by reining in Saudi Arabia amid allegations of the murder of a dissident in its consulate in Turkey.
October 11, 2018
- The complex dynamics of changing times
- Explaining global politics and conflict to a bunch of new students is a complicated task, especially if they are a mixed international batch.
