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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 RoomWar on the Rocks, the Lowy Institute’s InterpreterNational 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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October 13, 2020

Vipin Narang on the Global Nuclear Landscape: Hype and Reality

By Abhijnan Rej
"We may be on the cusp, in the next decade or two, of a cascade of new nuclear weapons powers."
October 12, 2020

India’s Drone Dreams – And Reality

By Abhijnan Rej
The recent Armenia-Azerbaijan clashes have once again brought armed drones under the spotlight. What lessons should India draw from them?

October 12, 2020

4 Reasons Why India Supports the BRICS

By Abhijnan Rej
Observers routinely dismiss the grouping given India-China tensions, and yet it soldiers on. What is at stake for India here?

October 10, 2020

Is a Renaissance in India-United Kingdom Relations in the Cards?

By Abhijnan Rej
News reports suggest both countries are close to inking a military logistics agreement.

October 10, 2020

Power Play, Morality and … a TikTok Ban in Pakistan

By Abhijnan Rej
Islamabad’s decision to ban the popular Chinese app comes amid deepening political turmoil in the country.
October 09, 2020

US Pushes Quantum Tech as Rivalry With China Intensifies

By Abhijnan Rej
A new website collates resources around federal efforts to advance quantum information science.

October 08, 2020

China Brazenly Issues Taiwan Guidelines for Indian Media

By Abhijnan Rej
The Chinese Embassy’s diktat left many in India wondering what China seeks to achieve through it.
October 08, 2020

The Public in Advanced Economies are Not Happy with China – or Xi

By Abhijnan Rej
A new opinion poll shows a dramatic growth in public pessimism about China across Europe, North America, and the Asia-Pacific.

October 07, 2020

State Department Officials Clarify Pompeo’s Views on the Quad

By Abhijnan Rej
The U.S. sees the need for “effective multilateralism” in the region – hinting that it considers ASEAN a lost cause.

October 07, 2020

Quad Foreign Ministers Meet in Tokyo Amid Post-Pandemic Concerns

By Abhijnan Rej
The broadly similar meeting readouts do have noticeable accents.

October 06, 2020

Dead in the Water: India’s Push Into the Seas Is Unlikely to Help Matters on Land

By Abhijnan Rej
As the Ladakh crisis crosses the 5-month mark, many in New Delhi are suggesting a radically different approach toward China’s bad behavior.
October 06, 2020

New Criminal Case Registered Against Pakistan Opposition Leader Nawaz Sharif

By Abhijnan Rej
This comes in the backdrop of a growing push by Sharif and other opposition leaders to oust the military-supported Imran Khan government.

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