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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 03, 2021

Rude Girl? Rihanna’s Tweet Draws Indian Foreign Ministry Response

By Abhijnan Rej
Other celebrities also spoke out against the Modi government’s handling of the farmers’ agitation, unleashing a social media war – and a government overreaction.
February 03, 2021

Sri Lanka Cancels Port Deal With India Amid Creeping Signs of Deterioration in Relations

By Abhijnan Rej
The Rajapaksa government’s decision to renege on a 2019 agreement that also involved Japan comes at a time when New Delhi seeks to up its neighborhood game.

February 03, 2021

Coup and Conundrum: Myanmar and the Quad

By Abhijnan Rej
It is highly unlikely the four Quad countries would be able to converge on a common course of action after the February 1 coup.

February 02, 2021

Bomb Attack Near Israeli Embassy in New Delhi Raises Many Questions

By Abhijnan Rej
While fingers point to an Iranian involvement, Indian security services will find it difficult to cut through the fog of plausible deniability.

February 02, 2021

Indian External Affairs Minister Speaks on US and China – With Varying Effect

By Abhijnan Rej
In two different recent speeches, S. Jaishankar, perhaps inadvertently, outlined how the Modi government views great powers.
January 28, 2021

Is India Being Swiped Left by Britain? Could Others Follow?

By Abhijnan Rej
A recent paper by a British think tank head, and ensuing commentary, once again leads to key questions about the implicit assumptions driving Indian foreign policy.

January 27, 2021

Grapes of Wrath: Farmers’ Protests Spin Out of Control in Indian Capital

By Abhijnan Rej
The events of January 26 – India’s Republic Day – demonstrate two key weaknesses that plague the Modi government.
January 23, 2021

US Senate Confirms Lloyd Austin as Secretary of Defense

By Abhijnan Rej
He becomes the first African American to hold that office.

January 23, 2021

Faith in Fakes: What a ‘Khamenei Tweet’ About Trump Actually Tells Us

By Abhijnan Rej
To understand the disinformation epidemic, start with the late Umberto Eco’s novels

January 22, 2021

Report Repudiates Trump Officials’ Claims About US and Ladakh

By Abhijnan Rej
A January 19 news article by a well-connected Indian journalist calls recent claims to question.

January 22, 2021

Quad Plus Canada Participate in Anti-Sub War Exercise

By Abhijnan Rej
Sea Dragon is likely to bother China – and not just because of the moniker.
January 18, 2021

Indian Journalist’s WhatsApp Transcript Causes Storm in Teacup

By Abhijnan Rej
The Indian opposition – and Pakistan – have found much to draw from a divisive TV anchor’s leaked chat messages, which seem to suggest foreknowledge of the 2019 Balakot attack.

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