Across this Atlantic Conversation with Jacob Heilbrunn, Dr Sumantra Maitra, Institute for Peace and Diplomacy Fellow and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, delivers a clear-eyed assessment of today’s strategic order. He calls for NATO to return to its defensive purpose, urges Europe to prepare for a possible US pivot toward Asia, warns that regime change in Iran would trigger catastrophic war, and identifies China as America’s central challenge. From Russia and Turkey to Greenland and Venezuela, Maitra argues that lasting influence requires strategic restraint, stronger allies, economic engagement and a disciplined choice of priorities.
Dr Sumantra Maitra on NATO, Iran and America’s strategic choices
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July 2026
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