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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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March 05, 2021

Americans Deeply Unhappy with China, New Survey Shows

By Abhijnan Rej
The Pew Research Center survey shows significant public support for China push-back, especially when it comes to human rights.
March 05, 2021

Biden’s New Strategic Guidance: Squaring the Circle?

By Abhijnan Rej
The Interim National Security Strategic Guidance is refreshingly direct. But how the Biden administration puts it to action remains an open question.

March 04, 2021

Plus Ça Change: Biden’s Emerging Foreign Policy

By Abhijnan Rej
Saudi Arabia and Myanmar offer early glimpses of how U.S. foreign policy under the new administration could shape up.

March 03, 2021

INDOPACOM Commander Outlines 4 Focus Areas in New Speech

By Abhijnan Rej
Admiral Phil Davidson’s March 1 address presents a robust plan to deter China in the Indo-Pacific – at least on paper.

March 03, 2021

Indian Air Force Takes Part in Multination Exercise Hosted by UAE

By Abhijnan Rej
India’s participation in the Desert Flag VI provides an additional data point illustrating the country’s deepening defense ties with Middle Eastern powers.
March 02, 2021

Pentagon Officials Sketch Hypersonic Strategy

By Abhijnan Rej
Though the United States has enthusiastically jumped on the hypersonics bandwagon, key questions about the capability remain.

March 01, 2021

China Targeted India’s Power Grid, New Report Says

By Abhijnan Rej
Recorded Future, a private intelligence firm, claims that a Chinese state-backed entity systematically targeted multiple load dispatch points to strategic ends.
March 01, 2021

D.S. Hooda on the Lasting Impact of China-India Ladakh Standoff

By Abhijnan Rej
A former Indian Army commander discusses the key lessons he has drawn from the Ladakh standoff.

February 25, 2021

India and Pakistan Announce Ceasefire Across Disputed Border

By Abhijnan Rej
The sudden announcement comes weeks after Chinese and Indian forces began their military disengagement in eastern Ladakh.

February 24, 2021

China and India Declare Ladakh Victory – On Traditional and Social Media

By Abhijnan Rej
As the ten-month long standoff in Ladakh inches toward resolution, both sides are eager to score domestic points.

February 20, 2021

China Confirms Deaths in Galwan Clash with India

By Abhijnan Rej
A PLA Daily article noted that two officers and three soldiers have received military honors for their performance during the June 15 clash – four of them posthumously.
February 18, 2021

Iranian and Russian Navies Exercise in Northern Indian Ocean

By Abhijnan Rej
While Moscow and Tehran continue to publicly signal their growing convergence, there is more to the relationship than what meets the eye.

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