Abhijnan Rej

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Abhijnan Rej is an Indian researcher and writer. He is the founder of Tarqeq Research LLP. Rej has published extensively on Asian security and geopolitics. He has also worked on economic policy and mathematical physics in the course of a career that has spanned consulting and advisory work, news media, think tanks, and academia.

Rej’s work has appeared in publications and outlets as diverse as The Washington Quarterly and Journal of Physics: A. His public policy work has also involved developing and hosting strategic tabletop exercises. Rej has participated in a variety of Track 1.5 and Track 2 diplomatic dialogues, and has lectured at numerous academic and policy fora on security and scientific issues across the Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the Americas.

His current interests include computational modelling of security risks, counterterrorism and counterinsurgency, and issues at the intersection of information flows, technology and human behaviour.

Why Ladakh refuses to Leh low
Why Ladakh refuses to Leh low
A recent protest demonstrates persistent contradictions in a strategically vital region.
India’s diaspora in far-right crosshairs
India’s diaspora in far-right crosshairs
Indian-origin immigrants are bearing the brunt of MAGA-fication globally.
India’s digital arrest scams
India’s digital arrest scams
Cultural predispositions and the brain’s cognitive biases are being weaponised by cybercriminals to devastating effect.
India’s Naxals: Why do they fight?
India’s Naxals: Why do they fight?
A communist insurgency in India has confoundedly persisted for decades.
Before social media, there was shortwave: Lessons from the original information wars
Before social media, there was shortwave: Lessons from the original information wars
There is nothing new in weaponising airwaves to shape hearts and minds across borders.
Abnormal states: Kashmir between empire, insurgency, and intrigue
Abnormal states: Kashmir between empire, insurgency, and intrigue
An Australian general played a little-known but crucial role in one of the world’s deadliest flashpoints.
Terrorist attack marks grim Kashmir milestone
Terrorist attack marks grim Kashmir milestone
The attack aims to reignite tensions just as Kashmir and India had begun to establish a new regional and international narrative.
When the internet displaces the town square
When the internet displaces the town square
At the intersection of urbanisation, technology and culture, a major geopolitical transformation is taking place.
Fear and loathing in Dhaka and DC
Fear and loathing in Dhaka and DC
An unlikely comparison, maybe, but revealing nonetheless.
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