Dr S Maitra Dr Sumantra Maitra is a foreign-policy analyst and the founder of Clio Strategic Consulting. He is an Elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (UK) and a Washington Fellow at the Institute for Peace & Diplomacy. He was Senior Editor at The American Conservative and Director of Research and Outreach at the American Ideas Institute (2022-2026). His book, The Sources of Russian Aggression, was published by Lexington Books in 2024. He coined the Dormant NATO doctrine, and his work on burden shifting is in the 2025 National Security Strategy. His current research covers AI and technology, including 'Star Wars and the dawning techno-empire' (Engelsberg Ideas) and, with Peter Slezkine, 'A New Transatlantic Equilibrium' (Stimson Center). He writes Clio's Musings on Substack. Clio's tech briefings launch on 1 December 2026.
