Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy

DG MP-IDSA, Amb Sujan Chinoy’s article ‘Sanae Takaichi’s visit heralds a new India-Japan era’ was published in Hindustan Times on 04 July 2026.  Amb Chinoy, in his article, assesses the just-concluded 16th India-Japan Bilateral Summit—the successful visit of PM Sanae Takaichi to India—and notes that the many significant outcomes of the visit will shape the IndoPacific defence, security and economic architecture in the years to come.

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Director General Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy's review of Amb. Gurjit Singh's book - The Durian Flavour: India and ASEAN after a decade of the Act East Policy - published by Rupa Publications has been published in Hindustan Times on 11 July 2026.

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Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘The Indus Waters Treaty: Why India rejects the Hague’s juridical leap’ has been published in First Post on 02 July 2026. As the Indus Waters Treaty enters a new phase of uncertainty, India has firmly challenged the legitimacy of the Hague-based Court of Arbitration’s intervention, writes Amb Chinoy. Read Complete Article [+]

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s Commentary ‘Modi-Takaichi Summit: Deepening India-Japan Ties in a Changing Indo-Pacific’ has been published by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) on 01 July 2026. Japan's proactive security policies and India's Atmanirbhar Bharat create a timely opportunity to advance defence manufacturing, technology collaboration, and economic resilience, writes Amb Chinoy. Read Complete Article [+]

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s opinion piece ‘4,399 days and beyond, the defining pillars of the Modi era’ has been published in ‘The Indian Express’ on 11 June 2026. In the early years after Independence, Nehru played a major role in promoting Afro-Asian solidarity at global fora such as the Asian Relations Conference and the Bandung Conference. Modi has interpreted early concepts like non-alignment and Afro-Asian solidarity in a more dynamic manner, imbued with a more expansive vision about strategic autonomy, atmanirbharta and vasudhaiva kutumbakam (the world as a family) at the global level, writes Amb Chinoy. Read Complete Article [+]

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb SujanR. Chinoy’s article ‘Wars are won by supply chains, and India is rightly building its defence edge’ has been published in First Post on 28 May 2026. The article analyses the importance of defence supply chains. Countries do not, and often cannot, make everything they need; defence industrial complexes instead emerge and specialise across geographies based on unique local advantages. Read Complete Article [+]

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s review of ‘An Accidental Lawyer’, the autobiography of legal luminary and former Attorney General, KK Venugopal has been published in Hindustan Times on 16 May 2026. Read Complete Article [+]

Director General Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘A Year On – Looking Back At Key Pillars of Op Sindoor’ was published by 27 Newspapers in both English and vernacular languages on 06 May 2026. Read Article [+]

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘From Ukraine to Iran: The closing channels of strategic communication in an uncertain world’ has been published in  First Post on 09 May 2026. The central paradox of our time is that even as the tools of communication have multiplied, the quality of strategic communication between states has deteriorated, writes Amb Chinoy. Read Article [+]

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb  Sujan R, Chinoy's article  on the history and role of MP-IDSA, titled ‘IDSA: Thinking Ahead For MOD’ has been published in India Strategic,  a prominent monthly magazine and  digital publication, focused on defence, strategic affairs, foreign policy and aerospace in India.