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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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October 05, 2020

Indian Delegation Visits Myanmar Amid Growing Outreach

By Abhijnan Rej
Despite Myanmar’s leaders being tainted by the Rohingya crisis, New Delhi’s outreach remains pragmatic.
October 02, 2020

US Doomsday Planes Make Their Presence Felt As Trump Goes Into Quarantine

By Abhijnan Rej
The Pentagon is keen to tell America’s adversaries it remains prepared for all contingencies, presidential ill-health notwithstanding.

October 02, 2020

US Defense Secretary Visits Northern Africa Amid Russian and Chinese Push in the Region

By Abhijnan Rej
Esper’s visit to Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco demonstrates the importance of the region in great-power games.

October 02, 2020

US Issues Human Rights Guidelines for Exporters of Surveillance Tech

By Abhijnan Rej
The directions to American businesses come amid growing concern around China’s export of advanced mass-surveillance capabilities to more than 60 countries.

October 01, 2020

China Muddies Waters Further in Ladakh by Resurrecting Old Claim

By Abhijnan Rej
With each passing provocative claim, Beijing is making the possibility of a face-saving solution remote for India – and itself.
September 30, 2020

Indian Court Acquits All Accused in the 1992 Destruction of a 16th Century Mosque

By Abhijnan Rej
The contentious Ayodhya verdict is likely to further aggravate Hindu-Muslim relations in India.

September 30, 2020

Reckoning With India’s Illiberal Turn – Or Buyer’s Remorse?

By Abhijnan Rej
India's decision to force Amnesty India to shut down is being decried as a further example of India’s growing illiberalism, a phenomenon with complex causes.
September 29, 2020

Quad Foreign Ministers to Meet in Tokyo on October 6

By Abhijnan Rej
The grouping is increasingly seeking to shape the Indo-Pacific security and economic architectures.

September 29, 2020

Jaswant Singh and George Nathaniel Curzon: The Minister and the Viceroy

By Abhijnan Rej
Exploring the legacy of India’s former External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh -- and the role of a long-dead British viceroy in it.

September 28, 2020

India and Japan Hold Bilateral Naval Exercise in North Arabian Sea

By Abhijnan Rej
JIMEX 2020 comes at a time when the India-Japan defense relationship, guided by political convergence at the top, is exceptionally robust.

September 26, 2020

Pentagon Hosts Meeting on Ethical Use of Military AI With Allies and Partners

By Abhijnan Rej
This comes in the backdrop of growing interest in global technology cooperation.
September 25, 2020

SAARC Foreign Ministers Meet Virtually in a Sign That the Grouping Is Not Dead – Yet

By Abhijnan Rej
The meeting also saw India and Pakistan trade barbs.

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