Uttam Kumar Sinha

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Uttam Kumar Sinha’s article ‘Pakistan Must Course-Correct’ has been published in Open Magazine on 10 February 2023.

For Pakistan, playing to the gallery will no longer be tenable. The outstanding problems are engineering in nature, requiring matching solutions. If Pakistan wants the treaty to continue, it needs to do a course correction, says Dr Sinha.

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• Published: 10 February, 2023

The Ukraine crisis, shifting geopolitical alliances in the Indo-Pacific and Western-imposed economic sanctions on Russia have strengthened China–Russia cooperation in the Arctic.

• Published: January 10, 2023
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Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Uttam Kumar Sinha’s op-ed ‘India in the G-world order’ has been published in BlitzIndia on 18 November 2022.

The G20 ‘Troika’ of the past, present and forthcoming leadership (Indonesia, India and Brazil) marks not only the rediscovery but the re-energising of the Global South. India’s G20 presidency can potentially become a watershed moment in global governance, says Dr Sinha.

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• Published: 18 November, 2022

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Uttam Kumar Sinha’s opinion piece ‘LIFE can help fight climate change’ has been published in Nationalist, on 27 October 2022.

LIFE encapsulates state and society, the global and the national, the rich and poor both between and within countries, the market and regulators and all that must be done to ensure climate transition that is fair and equitable. All this will help to generate behavioural adjustments and changes. However, high impact actions require substantive even radical behaviour changes. This brings in the question of population growth which by far has the highest impact on the climate, says Dr Sinha.

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• Published: 27 October, 2022

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Uttam Kumar Sinha's chapter ‘India-China Riparian Relations: Upstream-Downstream Dynamics’ has been published in the volume ‘Strategic Challenges: India in 2030’ (Harper Collins), by Jayadeva Ranade.

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• Published: 6 October, 2022

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Uttam Kumar Sinha's article ‘Jai Anusandhaan: Modi's clarion call innovation and progress’ has been published in the July-August 2022 edition of Nationalist Magazine, Syama Prasad Mukherjee Research Foundation.

It is not that India lacked scientific and innovation capacity in the past; what it lacked was the ability to prioritise at the policy planning and implementation levels. While it is always welcome to strike technological collaboration with different countries, it is equally crucial to strengthen national innovation. Adapting, identifying and re-evaluating technology and innovation, and ensuring higher budgetary resources are allocated will help India to remain both resilient and competitive in the changing landscape, says Dr Sinha.

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• Published: 30 September, 2022

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Uttam Kumar Sinha’s co-authored opinion piece ‘To protect the Sundarbans, Delhi and Dhaka must unite’ been published in The Hindustan Times on 29 September 2022.

Between the two countries, a joint commission on the Sundarbans with a joint secretariat could be set up to plan and implement climate resilience of the Sundarbans and communities dependent on this ecosystem, writes Dr Sinha along with Mr Sanjay Gupta.

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• Published: 29 September, 2022

India needs to strengthen its existing bilateral relations with all the Arctic countries and continue to re-emphasize its call for peaceful resolution of Arctic disputes.

• Published: September 01, 2022
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Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Uttam Kumar Sinha’s Oped ‘Stockholm 2022: Charting a new future’ has been published in Hindustan Times on 05 June 2022.

There can be no trade-offs, as the world attempts to transition to a cleaner, sustainable and resilient future, says Dr Sinha.

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• Published: 5 June, 2022

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Uttam Kumar Sinha’s essay ‘Nordic Summit: Everyone wants to be friend with India’ has been published in the latest issue of The Nationalist.

What hitherto remained an unchartered territory; the Nordic-India cooperation is poised to chart a new political and economic path. The Nordic states together have an economy of USD 1.6 trillion. India is now the third largest global economy and the fastest growing major economy. It makes eminent sense to build on what has been achieved and determine solidly the future outcomes, says Dr Sinha.

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• Published: 23 May, 2022