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. |
September 27, 2018
- Return to nationalism and balance of power seen in Trump's UN speech
- President Donald Trump's speech to the UN General Assembly was a milestone in American foreign policy. His country stands alone, having chosen to turn back the clock to old-style big power politics, military buildups and trade wars.
September 26, 2018
- Denmark charts an alternative way for integration and secularism
- In a surprise move, Danish social democrats are moving back to an old-style statist policy of enforced integration to cope with the migrant crisis – a possible lesson for other European leftwing parties.
September 13, 2018
- Pax Sinica in Africa?
- Despite some Western sniggering, Africa's enthusiasm to jump on the band wagon of Chinese investment in the region is the right way to proceed.
September 12, 2018
- Rise of national-populists in Sweden raises complex questions for Europe
- As expected, Swedish voters gave a major boost to rightwing nationalists in the latest parliamentary election. However, this is merely a symptom of a much wider issue facing Europe that presages a bleak future.
September 8, 2018
- What's the rationale behind an American space force?
- To consider the American space force as a short-term gimmick is wrong. Trump, or no Trump, on the frontier of space, the U.S. is just trying to stay ahead of the curve.
September 5, 2018
- Escalation of Ukrainian war bad news for Europe
- The continued assassination of rebel leaders In the Ukraine is not just a local problem, but one that could flare up into a confrontation between Russia and the West.
September 4, 2018
- Why is New Zealand restricting foreign purchases?
- The stopping of the selling of land to foreigners won't magically multiply the number of houses for New Zealand's future generations.
August 11, 2018
- Australia, India and the Asian Quad
- It is unlikely that India will align itself with any side, a luxury Australia cannot afford and a reality it will soon have to reckon with.
August 9, 2018
- Can Imran Khan bring peace between India and Pakistan?
- Imran Khan has a huge opportunity to reshape the subcontinental politics for generations to come and must navigate Pakistan's standing between the three giants of India, the U.S. and China.
July 30, 2018
- Germany attempts to chart an independent way
- Germany and Japan attempt to achieve closer cooperation between countries which essentially share the fundamental characteristics of liberal democracy – and not just free trade.
