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David Brewster

Dr David Brewster is with the National Security College at the Australian National University, where he specialises in South Asian and Indian Ocean strategic affairs. He is also a Distinguished Research Fellow with the Australia India Institute. His previous career was as a corporate lawyer working on complex cross-border transactions and he practiced for almost two decades in the United States, England, France and Australia.
Dr Brewster is the author of The India-Australia Security Engagement: Challenges and Opportunities, which examines security and defence cooperation between India and Australia. His books include India as an Asia Pacific power which considers India’s strategic role in the Asia Pacific, and India’s Ocean: the story of India’s bid for regional leadership which examines India’s security role and relationships in the Indian Ocean region.
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07 Mar 2018 10:00The recently revived Quadrilateral is evolving and less explicitly focused on defence issues.
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15 Feb 2018 12:46Access to naval facilities in Oman could see a greater Indian naval presence in the Persian Gulf.
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07 Feb 2018 07:00New middle powers are creating a multipolar and complex Indian Ocean.
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30 Jan 2018 13:03The Chinese navy does not intend to challenge the US Fifth Fleet – at least in the short term.
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04 Dec 2017 06:20Geopolitical rivalry between big powers sometimes yields odd results.
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25 Aug 2017 08:01There is a strong feeling in Delhi that China disregards India's aspirations to be a great power and is trampling on India's strategic space.
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14 Aug 2017 07:22Reports that Thailand, with Chinese money, is planning to build a new canal between the Pacific and Indian Oceans have set off a new wave of alarm bells over China’s plans to dominate the region.
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03 Mar 2017 15:34Next week Malcolm Turnbull will attend the first ever IORA Leaders Summit in Jakarta, marking the 20th anniversary of that regional grouping.