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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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January 16, 2021

India and Nepal Hold Joint Meeting Amid Improvement in Ties

By Abhijnan Rej
The recent thaw in relations, however, does not mean Kathmandu is willing to budge on its boundary position.
January 16, 2021

US Justice Department Pushes Ahead With Counter China Plan

By Abhijnan Rej
The January 14 arrest of an MIT professor as well as a guilty plea by a NASA scientist the day before highlight concerns around Chinese tech espionage – again.

January 14, 2021

India Develops Indigenous 9 MM Machine Pistol

By Abhijnan Rej
The announcement comes amid a further push for defense manufacturing by the Modi government.

January 14, 2021

Russia’s Behemoth ‘Hunter’ Drone Destroys Ground Target in Test

By Abhijnan Rej
The loyal-wingman drone is anticipated to be handed over to the Russian military in 2024.

January 14, 2021

The US Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific: 3 Curiosities

By Abhijnan Rej
Reading the recently declassified document side-by-side, the 2019 Indo-Pacific Strategy Report highlights interesting inconsistencies.
January 13, 2021

India and Indonesia Push Ahead with Defense Relationship

By Abhijnan Rej
Despite deepening strategic relations, the two countries have latent differences in the maritime domain.

January 12, 2021

Grand Gambits: On Empire and Geopolitics in the Asia-Pacific

By Abhijnan Rej
A new book delves into imperial legacies – and how they continue to shape the modern world.
January 11, 2021

Iran Toughens Rhetoric as Biden Looks to Salvage Nuclear Talks

By Abhijnan Rej
The Biden administration will have to find a way to bring Iran back to the negotiating table. And Tehran knows that.

January 11, 2021

India’s BJP Members Voice Concern After Trump is ‘Deplatformed’

By Abhijnan Rej
The party's supporters worry Facebook and Twitter might come after them next.

January 09, 2021

Pompeo Approves New State Department Tech Bureau

By Abhijnan Rej
A focus on new technologies as a key element of U.S. national security would likely be one of the few bright spots from Trump’s time in the White House.

January 09, 2021

France and India Hold Strategic Dialogue

By Abhijnan Rej
Paris has been an old friend of New Delhi; their relations continue to deepen amid a French Indo-Pacific push.
January 07, 2021

American Shame

By Abhijnan Rej
The storming of the US Capitol on January 6 marks one of the darkest days in recent American history.

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