Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy

Director General Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘China’s periphery diplomacy and the G2 chimera’ has been published in First Post on 04 November 2025. It remains to be seen how China responds to attempts by the US to assert itself along China’s periphery, including in Pakistan, while paying lip service to a so-called G2, reads the article. Read Complete Article [+]

Director General Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘Countering China in India's Backyard’ was published in the October issue of Business Standard’s Blueprint Magazine on Defence & Geopolitics, Indo Pacific, Indian Ocean, Andaman Nicobar Sagar Mahasagar

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Director General Sujan R. Chinoy moderated the first session at a Seminar on ‘Navigating Emerging Challenges to India's Security Environment’, hosted by Central Command, Indian Army, in Lucknow on 30 August 2025. He was felicitated by HE Lt Gen Gurmit Singh, Hon'ble Gov of Uttarakhand and Lt Gen Anindya Sengupta GOC-in-C.

Director General Sujan R. Chinoy’s piece ‘Indo-China ties: Out of the freezer, not warm yet’ as ben published in Times of India on 27 August 2025. The recent visit to New Delhi of Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi is a straw in the wind. His meetings with NSA Ajit Doval and external affairs minister S Jaishankar, topped with a call on Modi, all point to a thaw in India-China ties. Read more 

Director General Sujan R. Chinoy’s piece ‘Rough patch in India-US ties shouldn’t dilute past gains’ has been published in The Indian Express on 23 August 2025.

Challenge is to preserve collaborations despite Trump’s techno-nationalism and the ruckus created by punitive tariffs.

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Director General Sujan R. Chinoy’s piece ‘Ground may be shifting in India-China relations’ has been published in Hindustan Times on 07 August 2025. The piece analyses the outlook in Beijing on #India #China relations and #Trump, as gathered in interactions with Chinese strategic community during the author’s visit to China last month. Read Complete Article [+]

Director General, Sujan R. Chinoy’s piece ‘India-China ties: Is peace possible between the two Asian giants?’ has been published in First Post on 29 July 2025.

The piece focusses on the recent thaw in India-China relations and prospects for normalisation. Peaceful and good-neighbourly relations are worth striving for, but complex issues and negative perceptions need to be tackled first.

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Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s opinion piece ‘Modi's Maldives Visit Resets Ties’ has been published in Urdu language newspaper ‘Rashtriya Sahara, on 23 July 2025.

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s opinion piece ‘‘India & Maldives…Importance Of Geography’ has been published in Times of India on 22 July 2025. The article is in the context of PM Narendra Modi’s State Visit to the island nation - Visit will put India-Maldives ties on firmer grounds. Read Complete Article [+]

Director General Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘China must keep India’s red lines in mind’ has been published in ‘The Indian Express’ on 19 July 2025.

Equality and mutual respect should form the bedrock of bilateral relations. Respect for core concerns cannot be one-sided, says Amb Chinoy.

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