Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy

Director General Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s Paper ‘The Return of India's Stolen Heritage ‘has been published by Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation (SPMRF).

The Government has paid special attention to retrieval of India's stolen artifacts, writes Amb. Chinoy.

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• 28 September, 2020 |

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy’s Op-Ed piece ‘An Opening in the Impasse’ has been published in ‘The Indian Express’ on September 24, 2020.

By adopting the path of peaceful negotiations that President Xi mentioned in his UN address, China stands to benefit from a much-needed image makeover at a time when it faces wide-spread opprobrium for its unilateralism, aggression and “wolf warrior diplomacy”, writes Amb. Chinoy.

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• 24 September, 2020 |

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘Seoul cannot continue to sit on the fence for long in the ongoing US-China tug-of-war’ has been published in The Indian Express on August 19, 2020.

A top-notch economy like South Korea, regarded as a key potential alternative to China in global supply chains in telecom, digital and AI, can ill afford to procrastinate in taking a decision, writes Amb. Chinoy.

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• 19 August, 2020 |

Director General Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy’s OP-Ed piece on Corporatisation of OFB Ordnance factories, titled ‘Lean, Mean Fighting Factory’, has been published in ‘The Economic Times’, on August 08, 2020.

In its present form, OFB has scant autonomy in administrative, financial or other decision making matters. Once unshackled through corporatization, it will be free from government mandated price control mechanism. It will create room for talented professionals of OFB to strive for higher standards, technological innovation, price competiveness of products and adherence to strict delivery schedules.

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• 8 August, 2020 |

Considering that the US, Japan, Australia and India are committed to working for a free, open and rules-based Indo-Pacific, it is time for India’s strategic partners to review their cartographic positions on India’s borders.

• July 03, 2020 |
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Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy’s article titled, ‘Modi’s resolute China policy’ has been published in ‘The Japan Times’ on June 30, 2020.

It takes courage to wage war but it takes even greater courage to wage peace while protecting national interests, writes Amb. Chinoy.

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• 30 June, 2020 |

A focused development plan for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which provide India with a commanding geostrategic presence in the Bay of Bengal and access to South and Southeast Asia, could greatly enhance the country’s geopolitical leverage in the Indian Ocean Region.

• June 26, 2020 |
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Director General Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy’s article on Indo-China border tension, titled ‘Untying the India-China knot’ has been published in The Indian Express on June 18, 2020.

The border row between India and China could not have erupted at a worse moment. The world is grappling with a once-in-a-century coronavirus pandemic and a global recession that promises to leave none unscathed, writes Amb. Chinoy.

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• 18 June, 2020 |

Director General Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy’s Op-Ed piece on Pashtuns in Pakistan, titled ‘Trammelled Pashtun aspirations: The sad tale of another oppressed ethnic minority in Pakistan’ has been published in ‘The Times of India’ on June 11, 2020.

Despite being the second largest ethnic community in the Pakistan army, the Pashtuns have been viewed with suspicion on account of their cross-border ethnic ties in Afghanistan, writes Amb. Chinoy.

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• 11 June, 2020 |

Director General Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy’s Occasional Paper on US-China rivalry, titled ‘US-China Rivalry: A Strategic Moment for India?’ has been published in the May 2020 issue of Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS), Delhi.

US-China tensions can broadly be classified into four major areas: Trade, Technology, Territorial issues and Tenets, which allude to values, ideology and the advocacy of particular systems of political and economic governance (T4). In addition, there is growing rivalry across the Military domain (M). To this incendiary mix can be added a new bone of contention, i.e., the origins of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and demands for accountability (C). Competition and friction in each of these fields (T4+M+C) has implications for India. This paper seeks to examine if escalating tensions in T4+M+C could provide a strategic moment for India.

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• 4 June, 2020 |