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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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February 17, 2021

India’s Foreign Secretary in Russia to Keep Marriage of Necessity on Track

By Abhijnan Rej
Beyond flowery rhetoric and arms deals, New Delhi has extremely valid reasons to keep relations with Moscow on an even keel.
February 13, 2021

ICBM Commander Makes Case for US Nuke Modernization

By Abhijnan Rej
The Biden administration is highly unlikely to continue with Trump’s maximalist nuclear modernization plans.

February 13, 2021

US Defense Department to Create Big Picture China Task Force

By Abhijnan Rej
The move comes amid a visible push by the Biden administration to meet the China challenge.

February 12, 2021

Indian Defense Minister Outlines Ladakh Disengagement Plan

By Abhijnan Rej
Rajnath Singh’s speech at the upper house of the Indian parliament described a plan to create a buffer zone in the north bank of Pangong Lake.

February 11, 2021

India and the Quad: 3 Wildcards

By Abhijnan Rej
While New Delhi remains committed to the grouping as of now, the future could bring unpleasant surprises.
February 10, 2021

Chinese and Indian Forces to Disengage Along Pangong Lake: PLA

By Abhijnan Rej
If the PLA statement and media reports hold, the disengagement would mark a first, crucial step toward ending the nine-month standoff in Ladakh.

February 09, 2021

China’s Ambitions Generating Global Pushback – Though Unevenly, Scholar Argues

By Abhijnan Rej
“America’s most strident decouplers are no longer in the White House, but China’s own are still hard at work,” Luke Patey warned The Diplomat.
February 08, 2021

Indian Junior Minister Makes Astounding China Claim

By Abhijnan Rej
V.K. Singh’s statement is likely to complicate New Delhi’s negotiating stance when it comes to resolving the Ladakh crisis.

February 08, 2021

India-US Army Exercises Begins in Indian Border State of Rajasthan

By Abhijnan Rej
The 16th edition of Yudh Abhyas is the third time in the last four months that Indian and U.S. militaries have exercised together.

February 06, 2021

India’s Modi Government and Twitter Jostle Over Account Bans

By Abhijnan Rej
How long can an uneasy peace between the two, forced through narrow self-interest, persist?

February 06, 2021

US Destroyer Conducts FONOP in South China Sea

By Abhijnan Rej
USS John S. McCain had also transited through the Taiwan Strait on February 4.
February 05, 2021

Greta Truths: Delhi Police Files Complaint Against ‘Toolkit’ Shared by Teenage Icon

By Abhijnan Rej
The FIR followed a day of intense social media campaigning by pro-government voices in India, while a February 3 MEA statement continues to raise questions.

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