Amb. Sujan Chinoy is the Director General of the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi since 2019. A career diplomat from 1981-2018, he held several important diplomatic assignments, including as Ambassador to Japan. He is a specialist on China, East Asia and politico-military and security issues. He anchored as a team leader the CBMs/peace and tranquillity issues related to the India-China boundary dispute between 1996 and 2000. On deputation to the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) from 2008-2012, his expertise covered external and internal security issues including the extended neighbourhood of the Indo-Pacific. He has served as Consul General in Shanghai and Sydney and has extensive experience in trade, investment and economic issues.
He was the Chair of the Think20 engagement group for India’s G20 Presidency. He regularly contributes to newspapers and journals, besides lecturing in India and overseas.
He schooled at the Rajkumar College (Rajkot), read English Literature at the Maharaja Sayajirao University in Vadodara, Gujarat, and gained his Master of Business Administration from Gujarat University in Ahmedabad. He has an advanced Diploma in Chinese (Mandarin) from the New Asia Yale-in-China Chinese Language Centre of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He was an Exchange Student at the Otemon Gakuin University in Osaka in 1978.
He is fluent in English, Chinese (Mandarin) and conversant in French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Arabic, Urdu and French-Creole. He also speaks Hindi and Gujarati.
India's Policy of Zero Tolerance Towards Terrorism
Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy’s Occasional Paper ‘India's Policy of Zero Tolerance Towards Terrorism’ has been published by Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation.
One of the key features of Narendra Modi’s era as Prime Minister is the policy of zero tolerance towards terrorism, leavened into an effective tool of foreign policy over the last few years, writes Amb. Chinoy.
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The Forgotten Fact of “China-Occupied Kashmir”
There is a need to widely disseminate China’s insidious role as an illegal occupier of Kashmir’s territory, including its territorial grab in the trans-Karakoram tract, in order to raise public awareness of the issue – both in India and at the international level.
The forgotten fact of China-Occupied Kashmir
Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy’s Op-Ed piece ‘The forgotten fact of China-Occupied Kashmir’ has been published in ‘The Hindu’ on November 06, 2020.
The anniversary of the Instrument of Accession in October is a reminder of China’s illegal territorial occupation, writes Amb. Chinoy.
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India and the Changing Dynamics of the Indo-Pacific
Director General Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘India and the Changing Dynamics of the Indo-Pacific’ has been published in the Asia Policy Journal on October 28, 2020.
The essay examines issues relating to India’s unique geography, interests, and potential role in the Indo-Pacific region against the backdrop of a rapidly evolving geostrategic environment occasioned by the rise of China as an economic and military power.
Quad needs a definitive blueprint to have meaningful impact
Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy’s Op-ed ‘The Rise of The QUAD’ has been published in The Indian Express on October 22, 2020.
The Quad Plus format should cater to the region’s economic needs, including infrastructure, connectivity, and capacity-building. Without generous alternatives, many countries would continue to be drawn to China, as moths to a flame, writes Amb. Chinoy.
India and the Post-COVID World
Director General MP-IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy’s article ‘India and the Post-COVID World’ has been published in Volume 32 of the Naval War College Journal.
Multilateralism in a post-COVID 19 world provides a strategic opportunity for India to emerge as an independent pole, writes Amb. Chinoy.
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The Return of India's Stolen Heritage
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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An Opening in the Impasse
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.
Seoul cannot continue to sit on the fence for long in the ongoing US-China tug-of-war
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.
Lean, Mean Fighting Factory
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.