Towards Reformed Multilateralism in the Era of Indo-Pacific

About the Book

Asia is the fulcrum of the Indo-Pacific. The “Asian Age” or the “Asian Century” in the era of the Indo-Pacific is being redefined as a broader concept signalling the inevitable rise of different parts of Asia, which are home to some of the world’s most ancient civilizations. For the past two decades, if not more, Asia has re-emerged to shape global dynamics by involving many stakeholders from the extended neighbourhood of Africa, West Asia, Eurasia as well as the great powers that have a long-standing economic and security stake in different parts of Asia. Asia is expected to generate more than 50 per cent of the world’s GDP by 2040, and could account for nearly 40 per cent of global consumption, ushering in the ‘’Asian Age’.

About the Editor

Amb. Sujan Chinoy is the DG Director General of the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi. A career diplomat from 1981-2018, he was Ambassador to Japan and Mexico and the Consul General of India in Shanghai and Sydney.

He was the Chair of the Think20 engagement group for India’s G20 Presidency. He was a Member of the All-Party MPs Delegation to the UAE and West Africa in the context of OPERATION SINDOOR.

He is the author of World Upside Down: India Recalibrates Its Geopolitics (HarperCollins, 2023) and Global Tumult: India as a Pole Star (Rupa Publications, 2024) and has edited several books on defence, security and IR issues.

Smruti S Pattanaik is a Research Fellow at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis (MP-IDSA), New Delhi. She holds PhD in South Asian Studies from SIS, JNU. She specialises on India’s neighbourhood policy and security issues in South Asian region.

She is a recipient of numerous international fellowships that includes Kodikara Award, Asia Fellowship. She was a Postdoctoral fellow at FMSH, Visiting fellow at PRIO and at the University of Hull and Visiting Professor on ICCR’s India Chair in the University of Colombo.

Dr Pattanaik has contributed more than 100 articles and book chapters in various internationally reputed journals and edited books. She has authored a book titled “Elite Perceptions in Foreign Policy: Role of Print Media in influencing India Pakistan Relations 1989-99” and a monograph and has edited three books.