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Abhijnan Rej

Abhijnan Rej

Abhijnan Rej was 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.

Twitter: @AbhijnanRej

Posts by Abhijnan Rej
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November 05, 2020

Indian Army Chief Begins Nepal Visit Amid Modest Improvement in Ties

By Abhijnan Rej
General Manoj Mukund Naravane’s trip follows a public Kathmandu visit by the chief of India’s external intelligence service in October.
November 04, 2020

What Lies Ahead for US Foreign Policy After the Elections?

By Abhijnan Rej
The close race indicates lasting shifts in American politics which will spill over to U.S. international engagements.

November 03, 2020

China’s Trade Offensive Against Australia Continues with Ban on Wheat Imports

By Abhijnan Rej
Wheat joins a long list of commodities whose imports from Australia have been effectively banned by China as it flexes its geoeconomic muscle.

November 03, 2020

Germany to Deploy a Frigate to Patrol the Indo-Pacific

By Abhijnan Rej
The commitment comes amid growing skepticism about China across key European capitals, including Berlin.

November 02, 2020

How India Dealt with Donald Trump

By Abhijnan Rej
India-U.S. relations have survived -- and in many cases, thrived over -- the past four years. Because, or despite, Trump?
November 02, 2020

Gilgit-Baltistan to Become a New Province of Pakistan, Announces Khan Government

By Abhijnan Rej
The strategically vital province is important to India and Pakistan – and also to China.

October 31, 2020

Expanded Malabar Exercise to Start on November 3

By Abhijnan Rej
After a gap of 13 years, Australia will take part in the India-Japan-United States naval exercise. However, from the looks of it, don't expect too much from it.
October 31, 2020

Australia, Japan, US Trilateral Partnership to Fund Undersea Cable for Palau

By Abhijnan Rej
As the U.S. and its allies compete with China, the North Pacific is emerging as a key battleground.

October 30, 2020

Can the Past Be Prologue? India and Its Narratives

By Abhijnan Rej
A new book by a former Indian spy chief raises questions about how the world should see India – and how India should see itself.

October 30, 2020

Dogfight and Football: How the 2019 Balakot Airstrike Still Fuels Political Bickering in India and Pakistan

By Abhijnan Rej
A Pakistani opposition politician has accused the Imran Khan government of caving in to Indian pressure, forcing it to release a captured pilot last February.

October 29, 2020

8 Accused by the US of Participating in China’s Operation Fox Hunt

By Abhijnan Rej
The case demonstrates the United States’ growing interest in aggressively pursuing illegal Chinese agents in the country.
October 29, 2020

Mike Pompeo Visits Sri Lanka and the Maldives in a Bid to Win Friends and Influence People

By Abhijnan Rej
Days before the US presidential election, the U.S. secretary of state soldiers on with the Trump administration’s free and open Indo-Pacific strategy.

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