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Abhijnan Rej
Abhijnan Rej is Security & Defense Editor at The Diplomat and Director of Research at Diplomat Risk Intelligence.
His primary areas of interest are Southern Asian security, Indian defense and foreign policies, emerging technologies and military strategy.
Rej’s work has appeared in The Washington Quarterly, the US Army War College’s online journal War Room, War on the Rocks, the Lowy Institute’s Interpreter, National Interest (online), Global Policy (online), Wired (online), Journal of Physics: A, and Contemporary Mathematics, along with numerous think-tank occasional papers, policy briefs, and book chapters. He was previously Senior Fellow, Strategic Studies, at the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. Rej also has significant work experience as a quantitative researcher in academia and the corporate sector.
He has written for virtually all major Indian English-language media outlets, and has been quoted by the Economist, Reuters, Voice of America, CNBC, The Nation, The Australian, China Global Television Network, and Dawn, among others.

March 02, 2021
Pentagon Officials Sketch Hypersonic Strategy
By Abhijnan Rej

March 01, 2021
China Targeted India’s Power Grid, New Report Says
By Abhijnan Rej

March 01, 2021
D.S. Hooda on the Lasting Impact of China-India Ladakh Standoff
By Abhijnan Rej

February 25, 2021
India and Pakistan Announce Ceasefire Across Disputed Border
By Abhijnan Rej

February 24, 2021
China and India Declare Ladakh Victory – On Traditional and Social Media
By Abhijnan Rej

February 20, 2021
China Confirms Deaths in Galwan Clash with India
By Abhijnan Rej

February 18, 2021
Iranian and Russian Navies Exercise in Northern Indian Ocean
By Abhijnan Rej

February 17, 2021
India’s Foreign Secretary in Russia to Keep Marriage of Necessity on Track
By Abhijnan Rej

February 13, 2021
ICBM Commander Makes Case for US Nuke Modernization
By Abhijnan Rej

February 13, 2021
US Defense Department to Create Big Picture China Task Force
By Abhijnan Rej

February 12, 2021
Indian Defense Minister Outlines Ladakh Disengagement Plan
By Abhijnan Rej
