Sumantra Maitra

Sumantra Maitra is a Senior Contributor for The Federalist, and a Doctoral scholar at the University of Nottingham. His research is related to great power politics, the balance of power, and neorealism.

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March 18, 2022

Whither Goest Thou, International Relations?

Sumantra Maitra

Once a narrowly defined, career-oriented discipline designed to train future diplomats in the classic works of history and statesmanship, International Relations has fallen prey to many of the academi......

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February 19, 2020

The Economist Tries to Mislead about Liberal Bias in Academia

Sumantra Maitra

The Economist claims that "There is scant evidence to suggest that academic elites push a left-wing agenda onto their impressionable young pupils"—Sumantra Maitra disagrees.

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October 17, 2019

The Academic Rants of Eco-Fascism

Sumantra Maitra

A reply to a recent article exposes a standard Western activist/academic whose views align more with an apocalyptic cult than serious study. 

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