Phunchok Stobdan (born 20 December 1958) is a former Indian civil servant and served as the Indian ambassador to

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. He was also a senior fellow at

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, New Delhi, and was the founding president of the Ladakh International Centre. Stobdan is an academician, diplomat and author, and regarded as an expert on Indian foreign policy and national security on Central and Inner Asian affairs.

Career

He has earlier served in the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), which reports to National Security Advisor.

Works

Stobdan is author of the book ''The Great Game in the Buddhist Himalayas: India and China’s Quest for Strategic Dominance''. The book looks at China–India relations through prism of Buddhist

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. Stobdan also writes columns for ''

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.Phunchok Stobdan (profile)
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