David Brewster is a former corporate lawyer, specialising in complex cross border acquisitions and financing. He is former Gateway House Senior Australia Maritime Fellow. He has practised in Sydney, Washington D.C., New York, London and Paris. He completed his doctoral studies in Indian strategic affairs, from the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University, in 2010. He is currently writing a book on India as an Indian Ocean power.
His research works focus on Indian strategic affairs, especially on India's strategic relationships throughout the Asia Pacific and Indian Ocean regions. His latest publications include ‘India as an Asia Pacific Power,’ ‘Operation Lal Dora: India’s aborted military intervention in Mauritius,’ ‘Asian Security, Vol.9, No.1 (2013), pp.1-12 (co-authored with Commodore Ranjit Rai),’ ‘India and Australia in Indo-Pacific Security,’ in Dennis Rumley (ed.), and ‘The Indian Ocean Region: Security, Stability and Sustainability in the 21st Century - Report of the Australia India Institute Task Force on Indian Ocean Security,’ pp.96-119.
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This week Prime Minister Modi will meet his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott for the second time in two months. New Delhi and Canberra have already signed a civil nuclear deal which will supply much needed uranium to India’s reactors and remove a big thorn in the relationship between the two nations. The deal is the pivot to take the bilateral forward
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India’s invitation and the subsequent participation of the Japanese navy in the Malabar 2014 exercise is a sign of the deepening of the political-security relationship between India and Japan. However, an actual fruition of the potential requires both the administrations to be more flexible, especially on the nuclear deal and defence purchases
Australia is the second largest naval power among the Indian Ocean states and its submarine fleet represents its principal strategic force. Australia will be replacing its fleet with some of the largest and most capable conventional submarines in the world. Its decisions could hold important lessons for India
The Indian Navy, through multi-lateral exercises, is increasing its sphere of influence and becoming a regional force. Yet, it needs to be supported by policy decisions that enable it to achieve its potential as a state-of-the-art establishment and a powerful tool in India’s diplomatic repertoire
Gateway House interviews David Brewster, Visiting Fellow, Strategic & Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University, and Senior Visiting Fellow, Maritime Studies Programme, Gateway House, on his latest report, ‘The India-Australia Security Engagement: Opportunities and Challenges’
In the coming years, India’s greatest strategic challenge in the Indian Ocean region may not be the development of power projection but the quality of the strategic relationships that it can build in the region. The extents to which India will be recognised as a regional leader depend on these relationships.
The two leading maritime powers among Indian Ocean states, India and Australia – which will take over from India as Chair of the IOR-ARC at its ongoing meeting in Perth – can consolidate a strategic partnership that spans the Indo-Pacific
This paper explores the opportunities and challenges in the growing security relationship between India and Australia by tracing the evolution of their strategic roles, particularly in the Indian Ocean
This edition of Policy Perspectives discusses how the two leading maritime powers among Indian Ocean states, India and Australia – which will take over from India as Chair of the IOR-ARC at its ongoing meeting in Perth – can consolidate a strategic partnership that spans the Indo-Pacific
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Defence Minister A. K. Antony’s visit to Australia this week was a significant step forward in the defence relationship. In coming years an India-Australia partnership will be important for managing maritime security in the Indian Ocean and will also have implications for security in Southeast Asia and the Pacific
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