Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy

A focused development plan for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which provide India with a commanding geostrategic presence in the Bay of Bengal and access to South and Southeast Asia, could greatly enhance the country’s geopolitical leverage in the Indian Ocean Region.

• Published: June 26, 2020
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Director General Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy’s article on Indo-China border tension, titled ‘Untying the India-China knot’ has been published in The Indian Express on June 18, 2020.

The border row between India and China could not have erupted at a worse moment. The world is grappling with a once-in-a-century coronavirus pandemic and a global recession that promises to leave none unscathed, writes Amb. Chinoy.

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• Published: 18 June, 2020

Director General Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy’s Op-Ed piece on Pashtuns in Pakistan, titled ‘Trammelled Pashtun aspirations: The sad tale of another oppressed ethnic minority in Pakistan’ has been published in ‘The Times of India’ on June 11, 2020.

Despite being the second largest ethnic community in the Pakistan army, the Pashtuns have been viewed with suspicion on account of their cross-border ethnic ties in Afghanistan, writes Amb. Chinoy.

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• Published: 11 June, 2020

Director General Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy’s Occasional Paper on US-China rivalry, titled ‘US-China Rivalry: A Strategic Moment for India?’ has been published in the May 2020 issue of Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS), Delhi.

US-China tensions can broadly be classified into four major areas: Trade, Technology, Territorial issues and Tenets, which allude to values, ideology and the advocacy of particular systems of political and economic governance (T4). In addition, there is growing rivalry across the Military domain (M). To this incendiary mix can be added a new bone of contention, i.e., the origins of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and demands for accountability (C). Competition and friction in each of these fields (T4+M+C) has implications for India. This paper seeks to examine if escalating tensions in T4+M+C could provide a strategic moment for India.

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• Published: 4 June, 2020

Director General, MP-IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy’s article on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s leadership, titled ‘The dimming of a Chinese strongman’s aura’ has been published in ‘The Hindu’ on June 01, 2020.

The alienation by China of a sizeable section of the international community and public criticism of Mr. Xi, including in the Chinese social media, suggest that the sun may have reached its zenith, writes Amb. Chinoy.

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• Published: 1 June, 2020

Director General, MP-IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy’s article on Covid-19 and India Africa relations, titled ‘Covid-19 pandemic may create opportunities to deepen India’s engagement with Africa’ has been published in ‘The Indian Express’ on May 29, 2020.

India could also create a new fund for Africa and adapt its grant-in-aid assistance to reflect the current priorities. This could include support for new investment projects by Indian entrepreneurs especially in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors in Africa, writes Amb. Chinoy.

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• Published: 29 May, 2020

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy’s article on India’s ability to absorb shocks of COVID-19 pandemic and take lead in reshaping the global order, titled ‘India’s world; has been published in ‘The Indian Express’ on May 04, 2020.

India enjoys good relations with multiple powers and is well-regarded across the developing world. With excellent long-term economic prospects in the decades ahead, a confident India appears fully capable of absorbing the shocks of the pandemic and striding forth to engage a world riven by trade wars and ideological contestation’ writes Amb. Chinoy.

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• Published: 4 May, 2020

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy's column on Japan's response to COVID-19 pandemic, titled 'Coronavirus pandemic, slow to hit Japan, is yet another crisis that challenges country’s resilience', has been published in The Indian Express on April 08, 2020.

Japan’s case-by-case approach to the reopening of schools by regional authorities has been criticised. There have been calls for a strict lockdown before it is too late to avert the same fate as Italy, Spain and the US, writes Amb. Chinoy.

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• Published: 8 April, 2020

Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy's article on COVID 19, titled 'Remaking the future' has been published in The Indian Express on March 25, 2020.
COVID-19 is creating inflection points for the global economy, will bring changes that will be lasting in healthcare, security, governance, writes Amb. Chinoy

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• Published: 25 March, 2020

Director General, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy’s article on Iran, titled ‘A crisis-hit Iran at the crossroads’ has been published in ‘The Hindu’ on March 17, 2020.

The coronavirus pandemic creates fresh possibilities for cooperation between the West Asian nation and its neighbours, writes Amb. Chinoy.

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• Published: 17 March, 2020