Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘Tech Wars or Old Battlefields: Lessons from the Recent Conflicts’ has been published by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) on 21 February 2024.

Today, network-centric warfare has taken centre stage. Artificial intelligence (AI), space and cyber realms are fusing with sensors, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and beyond-visual-range (BVR) weapons on the modern battlefield, drastically reducing Sensor To Shooter (STS) kill chains, says Amb Chinoy.

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• Published: 30 April, 2024

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy inaugurated the Samvaad Conclave of Jindal School of International Affairs' Diplomania society on 12 February 2024. Amb Chinoy delivered a lecture on historical and contemporary dynamics of globalisation and India's role in them.

• Published: 30 April, 2024

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s opinion piece ‘India-US ties: Beyond fleeting expediencies’ has been published in Hindustan Times on 12 February 2024.
Bilateral ties between India and the US have a standalone and enduring logic of their own. The US bet on India is part of a long-term vision, says Amb Chinoy.

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• Published: 30 April, 2024

• Published: 14 January, 2024

• Published: 11 January, 2024

• Published: 31 December, 2023

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy called on External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar and presented him a copy of his book—World Upside Down: India Recalibrates Its Geopolitics—on 19 December 2023. This book, published by HarperCollins Publishers India Ltd, features a thoughtful Foreword written by Dr S. Jaishankar.

• Published: 19 December, 2023

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has been earmarked as a flagship project of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which is described as Chinese President Xi Jinping's signature foreign policy initiative and a grand strategy aimed at restoring China's “rightful'' great-power status in the world. It is a major plank in China's geo-strategic and economic architecture for the region, using Pakistan to secure an exploitative strategic perch in South Asia and the Arabian Sea, overlooking the crucial Persian Gulf, the west coast of India, and the east coast of Africa.

• Published: 2021
• IDSA Occasional Papers

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s Issue Brief ‘The Taiwan Factor in the US’s Regional Posture’, has been published by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) on 15 December 2023. The Issue Brief talks about the US’s historical grapple with the Taiwan issue and the need to inject clarity in its positions, particularly whether it would militarily defend Taiwan.

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• Published: 15 December, 2023

Director General Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s opinion piece titled ‘Kissinger’s China Legacy is Washington’s Burden’ has been published in Hindustan Times on 12 December 2023.

This piece talks about Henry Kissinger's legacy that haunts the USA today-his role in the rise of China as an economic and military power that is now a systemic rival for dominance in a West-designed world order fraying at the edges.

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• Published: 12 December, 2023