Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy

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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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 17 November, 2022 |

Tightening the Noose Around Terror Financing

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s piece ‘Tightening the noose around terror financing’ has been published in Hindustan Times on 16 November 2022.

Unless global terrorist networks and financing are uprooted in Pakistan, it would be difficult to subdue terrorism, says Amb Chinoy.

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  • 16 November, 2022 |

A Voice for Global South

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘A voice for Global South’ has been published in The Indian Express on 09 November 2022.

India’s presidency should represent the widest and most vulnerable constituencies. It can also advance intra-South Asian economic integration which is essential for India's rise, says Amb Chinoy.

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  • 9 November, 2022 |

A Disruptive Nexus of China and Pakistan

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s Opinion Piece on China- Pakistan nexus titled ‘A disruptive nexus of China and Pakistan’ has been published in ‘The Hindu’ on 19 September 2022.

China thwarts international efforts to counter terrorism by blocking the listing of Pak-based global terrorists at the United Nations. Collusion extends to other areas too says Amb Chinoy.

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  • 19 September, 2022 |

A tale of American gullibility & Pakistani deceit: Why US keeps supplying military equipment to Islamabad despite its misuse against India

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘A tale of American gullibility & Pakistani deceit: Why US keeps supplying military equipment to Islamabad despite its misuse against India’ has been published in ‘The Times of India’, on 15 September 2022.

Amb Chinoy discusses the recent US decision to provide sustenance support package for Pakistan's F16 fleet in the article.

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  • 15 September, 2022 |

India-Japan 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s Op-Ed piece on the just concluded India-Japan 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue, titled ‘Indo-Japan ministerial dialogue points to deepening of strategic and defence partnership’, was published in the Indian Express on 12 September 2022.

The spurt in ties is also attributable to the long-term vision shared by the leaders on both sides. India’s emergence as the fifth-largest as well as the fastest-growing economy in the world will definitely ensure a further quantum leap in strategic ties with Japan, writes Amb Chinoy.

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  • 12 September, 2022 |