Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy

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Amb Sujan R. Chinoy is the 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. A specialist on China, East Asia and politico-security-military issues, he headed the Indian side in the Expert Group of Diplomatic and Military Officials negotiating the confidence-building measures (CBMs) dialogue with China on the boundary dispute from 1996-2000. At the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) from 2008-2012, he handled external and internal security policy issues.

During his public service of over four decades, he has dealt with political, security, defence as well as trade and economic issues. His Foreign Service career included postings at the UN in New York and Saudi Arabia. He was the Chair of the Think20 engagement group for India’s G20 Presidency.

He speaks fluent Mandarin and is conversant in Japanese, German, French and Spanish. He is the author of “World Upside Down: India Recalibrates Its Geopolitics” published in July 2023 by Harper Collins and “Global Tumult: India as a Pole Star”, (published in July 2024 by RUPA Publications). He has also credited half a dozen books on defence, security and IR topics.


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India Lights The Way Forward’ in ‘G20India: The 2023 New Delhi Summit

Amb Sujan R. Chinoy Contributes an article 'India Lights The Way Forward’ in 'G20India: The 2023 New Delhi Summit'

Director General and Chair of Think-20 (India's G20 Presidency) Amb Sujan R. Chinoy contributed an article 'India Lights The Way Forward’ in the publication 'G20India: The 2023 New Delhi Summit', managed by the Global Governance Project and G20 Research Group.

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  • Published: 4 September, 2023

New America-India partnership opens up the potential for a multi-polar Asia

Director General and Chair of Think-20 (India's G20 Presidency) Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s opinion piece on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to USA and the key drivers of the India-America strategic partnership which is fundamental to peace and prosperity in the Indo Pacific and for a multipolar Asia, has been published in Indian Express on 11 July 2023.

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  • Published: 11 July, 2023

Chinese shenanigans on Arunachal Pradesh

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA and Chair of Think-20 (India's G20 Presidency) Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘Chinese shenanigans on Arunachal Pradesh’ has been published in ‘The Hindu’ on 18 April 2023.

The State represents the finest of India’s cultural and civilisational heritage, and there is absolutely no basis to the Chinese claim over any part of Arunachal Pradesh, says Amb Chinoy.

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  • Published: 18 April, 2023

The US is clear that Arunachal Pradesh is a part of India. Why doesn’t it take a stand on Aksai Chin?

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA and Chair of Think-20 (India's G20 Presidency) Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘The US is clear that Arunachal Pradesh is a part of India. Why doesn’t it take a stand on Aksai Chin?’ has been published in ‘The Indian Express’ on 18 March 2023.

Its ambiguous stand on the boundary dispute in Ladakh limits the possibility of ground-level cooperation between India and the US in the western sector, unlike the wider possibilities for naval collaboration in the Indo-Pacific, writes Amb Chinoy.

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  • Published: 18 March, 2023

A Case to Promote Border Tourism

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA and Chair of Think-20 (India's G20 Presidency) Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘A case to promote border tourism’ has been published in ‘The Hindu’ on 09 March 2023.

Amb Chinoy highlights the need to promote border tourism but on the basis of proper norms and feasibility studies.

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  • Published: 9 March, 2023

Celebrating the Journey of the Indian Armed Forces and the Way Forward

The journey of the Indian Armed Forces over the last 100 years has in many ways mirrored the momentous history of the birth, struggles and victories of India. It straddles a colonial period in which the armed forces of India owed allegiance to a foreign sovereign and could readily be used to fight an alien power’s wars and promote its strategic objectives. This did not however erode the heroism and professionalism that the Indian armed forces came to be known for over two centuries.

India-China: Between Pre-1962 and Now

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘India-China: between pre-1962 and now’ has been published in ‘The Hindu’ on 02 January 2023.

The biggest difference today is the political will of the Modi government and the Indian army to block Chinese patrols, says Amb Chinoy.

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  • Published: 2 January, 2023

India’s G20 Presidency: Setting the World Agenda

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘India’s G20 Presidency: Setting the world agenda’ was published in ‘The Indian Express’, on 02 December 2022.

Think20, the ideas bank of G20, will engage with the gamut of issues – strategic, economic and structural – that confront all countries, said Amb Chinoy.

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  • Published: 2 December, 2022

G20 presidency: An opportunity for India to assume leadership of the Global South

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s piece on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’'s address at the G20 Summit and way forward, titled ‘G20 India Presidency: An opportunity for India to assume leadership of the Global South’ has been published in ‘The Indian Express’ on 17 November 2022.

In his Bali address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pointed to the growing relevance of the G20. His call for a new world order is a reflection on the failure of the global community to reform multilateral institutions, says Amb Chinoy.

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  • Published: 17 November, 2022