David Brewster
Senior Research Fellow, NSC
Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy – Australian National University, 2010
Masters of Laws – Columbia University, New York, 1992
Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) – University of Sydney, 1987
Bachelor of Economics – University of Sydney, 1985
Single Author Books
- India’s Ocean: The story of India’s bid for regional leadership (London: Routledge, 2014). (Published in Chinese translation by Chinese Social Sciences Academic Press, 2016).
- India as an Asia Pacific Power (London: Routledge, 2012).
Edited volumes
- India and China at Sea: Competition for Naval Dominance in the Indian Ocean (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018).
- Indo Pacific Maritime Security: Challenges and Cooperation (Canberra, National Security College, 2016).
Chapters in Edited Volumes
- “The Red Flag Follows Trade: China’s Future as an Indian Ocean Power” in Strategic Asia 2018–19: Mapping China’s Expanding Strategic Ambitions (Washington DC: National Bureau of Asian Research, 2019), pp.175-210.
- “India and the Gulf Arab States” in Jonathan Fulton and Li-Chen Sim (eds), External Powers in the Gulf (Oxon: Routledge,2018) (with Kadira Pethiyoga)
- “India and Australia: Creating New Strategy Geometries in the Indo-Pacific” in Satish Chandra and Baladas Ghoshal (eds), The Indo-Pacific Axis: Peace and Prosperity or Conflict? (Oxon: Routledge, 2018).
- “The Challenge of Building the Bay of Bengal as an Interconnected Region” in Prabir De (ed), Twenty Years of BIMSTEC: Promoting Regional Cooperation and Integration in the Bay of Bengal Region (Singapore: Knowledge World, 2018).
- “Cocos and Christmas Islands: building Australia’s strategic assets in the Indian Ocean” in Christian Bouchard and Shafick Osman (eds) Indian Ocean Islands: Illustrated Cases on Geopolitics, Ocean and Environment (London, Routledge, 2018) (with Rory Medcalf).
- “New Maritime Governance and Cooperation Arrangements in the Eastern Indian Ocean: Challenges and Prospects” in Maritime Governance in South Asia (Singapore: World Scientific, 2018).
- “The expansion of India’s Security Sphere” in Sumit Ganguly, Manjeet Pardesi and N.Blarel (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of India’s National Security (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)
- “A Contest of Status and Legitimacy in the Indian Ocean” in David Brewster (ed.), India and China at Sea: Competition for Naval Dominance in the Indian Ocean (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018).
- “China’s One Belt One Road Initiative: Its Strategic Impact on South Asia and the Indian Ocean Region” in Policy Recommendations by the Quadripartite Commission on the Indian Ocean Regional Security: Towards a more stable security environment in the Indian Ocean (Tokyo: Sasakawa Peace Foundation, 2017).
- “Understanding China’s Naval Strategy in the Indian Ocean” in Policy Recommendations by the Quadripartite Commission on the Indian Ocean Regional Security: Towards a more stable security environment in the Indian Ocean (Tokyo: Sasakawa Peace Foundation, 2017).
- “The MSRI and the evolving naval balance in the Indian Ocean” in Jean-Marc Blanchard (ed.), China’s Maritime Silk Road Initiative and South Asia: A Political Economy of its Purposes, Perils, and Purposes (London: Palgrave, 2017).
- “Thinking outside the box with India” in Philipp Ivanov (ed.), Disruptive Asia: Asia’s Rise and Australia’s Future (Sydney: Asia Society Australia, 2017).
- “Constructing an Indo-Pacific Partnership: Modi’s Engagement with Australia” in Sinderpal Singh (ed.), Modi and the World: (Re)Constructing Indian Foreign Policy (Singapore: World Scientific, 2017).
- “Sino-Indian strategic competition and the new scramble for the Indian Ocean” in John Stevens and Thor Kerr (eds.), Indian Ocean Futures: Communities, Sustainability and Security (Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016)
- “New Perspectives on Indo Pacific maritime security” and “Japan’s key role in capacity building in the Indian Ocean” in David Brewster (ed.), Indo Pacific Maritime Security: Challenges and Cooperation (Canberra, National Security College, 2016)
- “The Indo-Pacific and the Growing Strategic Importance of the Bay of Bengal” in Namrata Goswami (ed.), India’s Approach to Asia: Strategy, Geopolitics and Responsibility (New Delhi: Pentagon Press, 2016).
- “The Changing Balance of Power in the Indian Ocean: Prospects for a Significant Chinese Naval Presence” in David Michel and Ricky Passarelli (eds.), Sea Change: Evolving Maritime Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific Region (Washington D.C.: Stimson, 2015), pp.71-80.
- “Beyond the String of Pearls: China and the Changing Balance of Power in the Indian Ocean” in Pradeep Kaushiva and Raghavendra Mishra (eds.), Evolving Dynamics of the Indian Ocean: Prospects and the Way Forward (New Delhi: Shipra Publications, 2015).
- “India’s engagements in Southeast Asia: Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia” in Ian Hall (ed.), The Engagement of India: strategies and responses (Washington D.C., Georgetown University Press, 2014).
- “India’s Defence Strategy and the India-ASEAN Relationship” in Ajaya Kumar Das (ed.), India-ASEAN Defence Relations RSIS Monograph No.28 (Singapore: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2013).
- “India and Australia in Indo-Pacific Security,” in Dennis Rumley (ed.), The Indian Ocean Region: Security, Stability and Sustainability in the 21st Century - Report of the Australia India Institute Task Force on Indian Ocean Security (Melbourne: Australia India Institute, 2013), pp.96-119.
- “The Australian Vantage Point”, in Thomas G. Mahnken (ed.), Indo-Pacific Maritime Security in the 21st Century: Proceedings of an International Conference (Newport: US Naval War College, 2013), pp.29-34.
Major Think Tank Reports
- Australia’s Second Sea: Facing our Multipolar Future in the Indian Ocean, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 2019 (forthcoming).
- Between Giants: the Sino-Indian Cold War in the Indian Ocean, Institut Français des Relations Internationales, 2018. https://www.ifri.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/brewster_sino_india...
- Australia, India and the United States: The challenge of forging new alignments in the Indo Pacific, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney, 2016. http://ussc.edu.au/publications/Australia-India-and-the-United-States-Th...
- India and China at Sea: A Contest of Status and Legitimacy in the Indian Ocean Australia India Institute, University of Melbourne, 2015. http://www.aii.unimelb.edu.au/publications/china-and-india-sea-contest-s...
- The India-Australia Security Engagement: Opportunities and Challenges, Indian Council on Global Relations, Mumbai, 2013
Articles in Peer Reviewed Journals
- “Give light, and the darkness will disappear: Australia’s quest for maritime domain awareness in the Indian Ocean,” Journal of the Indian Ocean Region (2018), Vol.14, No.3, pp.296-314.
- “The experience of Australia’s Maritime Border Command in the Indian Ocean” Journal of Indian Ocean Studies (2017), Vol.25, No.2, pp.160-175.
- “Cocos and Christmas Islands: building Australia’s strategic assets in the Indian Ocean” Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, Vol.13, No.2 (2017), pp.155-173(with Rory Medcalf).
- “Australia and India: Creating New Strategic Geometries in the Indo Pacific” Journal of Indian Ocean Studies, Vol.24, No.3 (2016).
- “Silk Roads and Strings of Pearls: the Strategic Geography of China’s new pathways in the Indian Ocean” Geopolitics, Vol.22, No.2 (2017), pp.1-23.
6. “Introduction” and “India and China at Sea: A Contest of Status and Legitimacy” Asia Policy, No.22 (2016), pp.1-3 and 4-10. - “Australia’s Roadmap for Blue Economy Science for the next decade” Journal of Indian Ocean Studies, Vol.23, No.3 (2016), pp.360-374.
- “India and the Persian Gulf: Locked out or Staying out?” Comparative Strategy, Vol.35 No.1 (2016), pp.55-78.
9. “The Indian Ocean Dialogue: a new forum for Indian Ocean maritime security“ Journal of the Indian Ocean Region (2016), Vol.12, No.1, pp.2–4. - “The idea of the Indo-Pacific: what it means for Australia,” Journal of Indian Ocean Studies, Vol.23, No.1 (2015), pp.1-11.
- “Indian strategic thinking about the Indian Ocean: searching for leadership” India Review, Vol.14, No.2 (2015), pp.1-16. Also published in Chinese translation in Indian Ocean Economic and Political Review, No.1 (2016).
12. “The Rise of the Bengal Tigers: the growing strategic importance of the Bay of Bengal” Journal of Defence Studies, Vol.9, No.2 (2015), pp.81-103. - “An Indian Ocean Dilemma: Sino-Indian rivalry and China’s strategic vulnerability in the Indian Ocean” Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, Vol.11, No.1 (2015), pp.48-59.
14. “The Australia – India Framework for Security Cooperation: Another step towards an Indo-Pacific security partnership” Security Challenges, Vol. 11, No. 1 (2015), pp. 39-49. 15 “Developments in Australia-India Relations: the Odd Couple of the Indo-Pacific” Journal of Indian Ocean Studies, Vol.22, No.2 (2014), pp.167-186. - “Beyond the String of Pearls: Is there really a Security Dilemma in the Indian Ocean?“ Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, Vol.10, No.2 (2014), pp.150-165.
- “Strategic Convergences between India and Australia in Southeast Asia”, Journal of Indian Ocean Studies, Vol.22, No.1 (2014), pp.1-21.
- “Dividing Lines: Evolving Mental Maps of the Bay of Bengal”, Asian Security, Vol.10, No.2 (2014) pp.151-167.
- “The India-Australia Security and Defence Relationship: Developments, Constraints and Prospects”, Security Challenges, Vol.10, No.1 (2014), pp.1-22.
- “India’s Defense Strategy and the India-ASEAN Relationship,” India Review, Vol.12, No.3 (2013), pp.151-164. 21 “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).
- “Indian strategic thinking about East Asia,” Journal of Strategic Studies, Vol. 34, No. 6 (2011), pp.825-852.
- “The relationship between India and Indonesia: an evolving security partnership?” Asian Survey Vol. 51, No. 2 (March/April 2011), pp.221-244.
- “Flowers Are Blooming: the story of the India Navy’s secret operation in the Seychelles,” The Naval Review, Vol.99, No.1 (2011), pp.58-62. (co-authored with Commodore Ranjit Rai).
- “An Indian sphere of influence in the Indian Ocean?” Security Challenges, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Spring 2010), pp. 1-20.
- “Australia and India: the Indian Ocean and the limits of strategic convergence,” Australian Journal of International Affairs, Vol.64, No.5 (2010) pp.549-565.
- “The India – Japan Security Declaration: an enduring security partnership?”Asian Security, Vol.6, No. 2 (2010), pp.95-120.
- “Developments in India’s strategic relations with South Korea: a useful friend in East Asia?” Asian Survey, Vol. 50, No.2 (2010), pp.407-425.
29. “The Australia – India Security Declaration: the Quadrilateral redux?” Security Challenges, Vol.6, No.1 (Autumn 2010), pp.1-9. - “India’s Security Partnership with Singapore,” Pacific Review, Vol.22, Issue 5 (December 2009), pp. 597 – 618.
- “The strategic relationship between India and Vietnam: The search for a diamond on the South China Sea?” Asian Security, Vol.5, No.1 (January 2009), pp. 24 - 44.
- “Judicial enforcement of the Listing Rules of the Australian Stock Exchange” Companies and Securities Law Journal, No. 9 (1991), p.313.
- “Decisions Under the ASX Listing Rules: Review Under the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act” Companies and Securities Law Journal, No. 9 (1991), p.378.
- “Fiduciary Obligations of Trust Managers and the Takeovers of Unit Trusts”, Companies and Securities Law Journal, No. 9 (1990), p.303.
- “Tax obligations of stakeholders – Harmer’s case”, Australian Law Journal, No.64 (1990), p.734.
Other publications
• The People’s Liberation Army and Operational Access in the Indian Ocean Region: Geographic Constraints and Lessons from the Cold War. https://nsc.crawford.anu.edu.au/publication/20531/peoples-liberation-army-and-operational-access-indian-ocean-region
• “Germany in the Indo-Pacific: Securing Interests Through Partnerships” (forthcoming)(with Raja Mohan)
• “India and China at Sea: Competition for Naval Dominance in the Indian Ocean” Indo Pacific Defense Forum (forthcoming)
• “The Maldives’ New President Reaches Out to India, but Debts to China Stand in the Way,” World Politics Review, 29 November 2018. https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/trend-lines/26861/the-maldives-new-p...
• “Forces needed to protect the Belt and Road” Lowy Interpreter, 28 November 2018. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/forces-needed-protect-belt...
• “The United States should be worried about China’s Belt and Road Initiative” US Studies Centre Debate Series, 13 November 2018. https://www.ussc.edu.au/analysis/the-debate-papers-should-the-united-sta...
• “Chinese fishing fleet a security issue for Australia,” Lowy Interpreter, 17 November 2018. http://lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/chinese-fishing-fleet-security-...
• “An ocean of information: How Australia can build Maritime Domain Awareness in the Indo-Pacific” Policy Forum, 19 October 2018. https://www.policyforum.net/an-ocean-of-information/
• “Colonialism with Chinese characteristics: Will demographic forces make China a colonial power in the Indo-Pacific?” Policy Forum, 27 September 2018. https://www.policyforum.net/colonialism-chinese-characteristics/
• “Air traffic control: China and India compete” Lowy Interpreter, 25 September 2015. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/air-traffic-control-china-...
• “Putting the Indo in Indo-Pacific” Policy Forum, 10 September 2018 https://www.policyforum.net/putting-indo-indo-pacific/
• “Japan back in the Bay of Bengal” Lowy Interpreter, 10 September 2018 https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/japan-back-bay-bengal
• “A Hesitant Tiger Awakens” ANU Reporter, Vol.49 No.3, 14 August 2018.
• “Pacific fusion needed to build data web on a need-to-share basis”, The Australian, 10 September 2018 (with Anthony Bergin).
• “Bring Australia’s Navy home from the Middle East,” Lowy Interpreter, 13 August 2018. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/bring-australias-navy-home...
• “China-India Relations in the Contemporary World”, Pacific Affairs, Vol.91, No.3 (2018) pp. 553-4.
• “India’s Ocean: Can China and India Coexist?”, Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, Vol.14 No.3 (2018), pp.371-2.
• “Glug, Glug, Glug: India’s interest in unsinkable aircraft carriers” Lowy Interpreter, 20 June 2018. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/glug-glug-glug-india-inter...
• “Will Pakistan’s CPEC dream turn into a nightmare?” Lowy Interpreter, 14 June 2018. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/will-pakistan-cpec-dream-t...
• “Can coast guards tame the ‘wild west’ of the Indian Ocean?” Policy Forum, 13 June 2018. https://www.policyforum.net/can-coast-guards-tame-wild-west-indian-ocean/
• “Japan’s plans to build a ‘Free and Open’ Indian Ocean” Lowy Interpreter, 29 May 2018. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/japan-plans-build-free-and...
• “China’s play for military bases in the eastern Indian Ocean” Lowy Interpreter, 15 May 2018. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/china-s-play-military-base...
• “The Taming of the West” Lowy Interpreter, 30 April 2018. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/taming-west
• “The Quad Reborn” The Diplomat, 27 April 2018. (with Rory Medcalf)
• “China’s Moves in Vanuatu: What should Australia do?” The Diplomat, 12 April 2018. https://thediplomat.com/2018/04/chinas-moves-in-vanuatu-what-should-aust...
• “India’s expanding security sphere: A hesitant tiger awakens” Policy Forum, 26 March 2018. https://www.policyforum.net/indias-expanding-security-sphere/
• “China will expand naval base network in Indian Ocean” Oxford Analytica, 15 March 2017.
• “A Free and Open Indo-Pacific and what it means for Australia” Lowy Interpreter, 7 March 2018. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/free-and-open-indo-pacific...
• “Welcome to the New Indian Ocean” The Diplomat, 21 February 2018. https://thediplomat.com/2018/02/welcome-to-the-new-indian-ocean/
• “Indian Ocean Base Race: India Responds” Lowy Interpreter, 15 February 2018. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/indian-ocean-base-race-ind...
• “India and China at Sea: Competition for naval dominance in the Indian Ocean” South Asia Democratic Forum Comment, 13 February 2018.
• “As Maldives burns, lessons for China and India’s limited options” South China Morning Post, 7 February 2018. http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2132444/maldives-burns...
• “Base race in the Horn of Africa” Lowy Interpreter, 7 February 2018. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/base-race-horn-africa
• “Time for Australia-India Defence Cooperation to Get Real,” Policy Forum, 31 January 2018. https://www.policyforum.net/talk-not-outcome-quad/
• “China’s new network of Indian Ocean bases,” Lowy Interpreter, 30 January 2018. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/chinas-new-network-indian-...
• “Dangers of China Building the Belt and Road into South Asia,” Inside Policy, 29 January 2018. https://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/dangers-china-building-belt-road-south-a...
• “Why India is buying the world’s emptiest airport” Lowy Interpreter, 4 December 2017. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/why-india-buying-world-s-e...
• “Missing the mark on the Indo-Pacific” Policy Forum, 1 December 2017. https://www.policyforum.net/missing-the-mark-on-the-indo-pacific/
• “Chagos: A History” Contemporary South Asia, Contemporary South Asia, Vol.25, No.2 (2017).
• “The Kra Canal: Double bypass” Lowy Interpreter, 14 August 2017. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/kra-canal-double-bypass
• “China’s Indian Ocean Power Play” Policy Forum, 9 August 2017 (with Anthony Bergin). https://www.policyforum.net/chinas-indian-ocean-power-play/
• “India: How the Elephant got its Trump” in Michael Wesley (ed.), The Trump Administration’s First 100 Days: What Should Asia Do?, Australian National University, April 2017 (with Rory Medcalf and Anthony Bergin).
• “India seems like a natural trade partner for Australia but there are obstacles” Financial Review, 7 April 2017. http://www.afr.com/news/world/asia/india-seems-like-a-natural-trade-part...
• “Reading Room: Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific” Australian Outlook, 30 March 2017. http://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australian_outlook/reading-room-m...
• “India takes an unsentimental view on Trump – and Australia should too” The Strategist, 23 March 2017. https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/india-takes-unsentimental-view-trump-a... (with Anthony Bergin)
• “The IORA Summit: the challenge of building a region” Lowy Interpreter, 3 March 2017. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/iora-summit-challenge-buil...
• “Sri Lanka is paying past bills, planning for the future”, East Asia Forum, 16 January 2017. http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2017/01/16/sri-lanka-is-paying-past-bills-p...
• “China’s CPEC project: a geopolitical game changer” East Asia Forum Quarterly, Vol.8, No.4 October-December 2016.
• “The challenges of building an Australia-India-US partnership in the Indo-Pacific” PacNet No.70, 13 September 2016. https://www.csis.org/analysis/pacnet-70-challenges-building-australia-in...
• “Security in the Indo-Pacific Needs India’s Helping Hand” The Wire, 5 September 2016. http://thewire.in/64160/trilateral-security-the-best-option-for-indo-pac...
• “Australia and India: Forging a stronger relationship,” Australian Outlook, 1 September 2016. http://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australian_outlook/australia-and-...
• “India plays the Balochistan Card – with China” Lowy Interpreter, 22 August 2016. http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2016/08/22/India-plays-the-Balochist...
• “India and China: Playing ‘Go’ in the Indian Ocean” Lowy Interpreter, 12 August 2016, http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2016/08/12/India-and-China-Playing-G...
• “The Indo-Pacific century: New concept, new challenges”, APPS Policy Forum, 10 August 2016, http://www.policyforum.net/indo-pacific-century/
• “Chabahar: India’s new move in the great Indian Ocean port race,” Lowy Interpreter, 31 May 2016. http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2016/05/31/Chabahar-Indias-new-move-...
• “The Growing Importance of White Hulls in Indian Ocean Security” Australian Outlook, 29 April 2016. http://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australian_outlook/the-growing-im...
• “Australia and India: Mapping the Journey” Contemporary South Asia, Vol.24, No.1 (2016) pp.120-1.
• “Modi’s World: Expanding India’s Sphere of Influence” Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, Vol.12, No.1 (2016).
• “India beefs up maritime surveillance near Malacca Strait” Lowy Interpreter, 26 January 2016. http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2016/0½6/India-poised-to-dominate-w...
• “Sri Lanka’s year of democracy, reconciliation and rebalancing”, East Asia Forum, 19 December 2015. http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2015/12/19/sri-lankas-year-of-democracy-rec....
• “China’s Rocky Silk Road” East Asia Forum, 9 December 2015. http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2015/12/09/chinas-rocky-silk-road/
• “India’s Rise as an Asian Power: nation, neighbourhood and region; and Beyond South Asia: India’s strategic evolution and the reintegration of the subcontinent,” International Affairs, Vol.91, No.6 (2015) pp. 1451-2.
• “China’s announcement of its first overseas military base is the taste of things to come” Lowy Interpreter, 2 December 2015. http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2015/12/02/Chinas-first-overseas-mil...
• “India’s Rise as an Asian Power: nation, neighbourhood and region” Contemporary South Asia, Vol.23, No.3 (2015), pp.357-8.
• “New Opportunities for Enhanced Security Cooperation between Australia and India”, Australian Outlook, 25 September 2015. http://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australian_outlook/new-opportunit...
• “Australia after Abbott to be Steady on India but Expect More Nuance in Asia”, The Wire, 19 September 2015. http://thewire.in/2015/09 /19/australia-after-abbott-to-be-steady-on-india-but-expect-more-nuance-in-asia-11022/
• “Sri Lanka tilts back from China”, East Asia Forum, 17 September 2015 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2015/09/17/sri-lankas-tilts-back-from-china
• “Looking West and Acting West,” Seminar, No.670, June 2015, pp.51-3. http://www.india-seminar.com.
• “US-India relations: who’s using who?” Lowy Interpreter, 28 May 2018 http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2015/05/28/US-India-relations-Whos-u...
• “Modi’s China Visit: A View from Australia,” The Wire, 14 May 2015. http://thewire.in/2015/05/14/modis-china-visit-a-view-from-australia/
• “China’s strategic dilemma in the Indian Ocean,” Piracy Studies.org, 7 April 2015. http://piracy-studies.org/chinas-strategic-dilemma-in-the-indian-ocean/
• “The coming nuclearisation of the Indian Ocean” Lowy Interpreter, 31 March 2015. http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2015/03/31/The-coming-nuclearisation...
• “Murky Waters, Dangerous Currents: India, Pakistan, China and the coming nuclearisation of the Indian Ocean,” Vol.11, No.2, Journal of the Indian Ocean Region (2015), pp.1-4. [Citations as at May 2016: 1]
• “Modi builds India’s sphere of influence in the Indian Ocean” Lowy Interpreter, 17 March 2015. http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2015/03/17/Modi-builds-Indias-sphere...
• “The Bay of Bengal and the growing Buddhist-Muslim divide”, The Strategist, 16 December 2014. http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-bay-of-bengal-and-the-growing-buddh...
• “India and the Maldives: Reassurance and Restraint”, The Diplomatist, 12 December 2014. http://diplomatist.com/newsfeed/maldives20141202.html
• “The Bay of Bengal: India’s role as a regional security provider”, The Strategist, 11 December 2014. http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-bay-of-bengal-indias-growing-role-a...
• “The Bay of Bengal: the Maritime Silk Route and China’s naval ambitions”, The Strategist, 9 December 2014. http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-bay-of-bengal-the-maritime-silk-rou... and The Diplomat, 14 December 2014. http://thediplomat.com/2014/12/the-bay-of-bengal-the-maritime-silk-route...
• “The Bay of Bengal: the Scramble for Connectivity”, The Strategist, 3 December 2014. http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-bay-of-bengal-the-scramble-for-conn...
• “The Bay of Bengal: the Indo-Pacific’s new zone of competition”, The Strategist, 2 December 2014. http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-bay-of-bengal-the-indo-pacifics-new...
• “Sri Lanka tilts to China”, East Asia Forum, 26 November 2014. http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2014/1½6/sri-lanka-tilts-to-beijing/
• “End of Strategic Autonomy”, Indian Express, 18 November 2014. http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/end-of-strategic-autonomy/
• “Japan may not be such an easy pushover in nuclear deal with India”, East Asia Forum, 26 September 2014. http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2014/09/26/japan-may-not-be-such-an-easy-pu...
• “A Pivotal Nuclear Deal with Australia” Hindustan Times Live Mint, 5 September 2014. http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/9nlSwfx2RZC5e4rwL5D94M/A-pivotal-nuclear...
• “Malabar 2014: a Good Beginning”, Gateway House, 29 July 2014. http://www.gatewayhouse.in/india-japan-malabar-2014-a-good-beginning/
• “The Great Indian Phone Book”, Contemporary South Asia, Vol.22, No.3 (2014) pp.311-2.
• “Australia-India Strategic Relations: the Odd Couple of the Indian Ocean?” Future Directions International Associate Paper, 20 May 2014.
• “The Bay of Bengal: a new locus for strategic competition in Asia”, Asia Pacific Bulletin, 15 May 2014. http://www.eastwestcenter.org/publications/the-bay-bengal-new-locus-stra...
• “Australia’s Submarine Dilemma: Homegrown or Not?”, RSIS Commentaries No.08½014, 5 May 2014.
• “The Geopolitics of flight MH370”, Pragati: The Indian National Interest Review, 2 May 2014. http://pragati.nationalinterest.in/2014/05/the-geopolitics-of-flight-mh370/
• “Australia’s Submarine Choice” Gateway House, 14 April 2014. http://www.gatewayhouse.in/australias-submarine-choice/
• “Is the Indian Ocean destined to become India’s Ocean?”, ASPI Strategist, 10 April 2014. http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/is-the-indian-ocean-destined-to-become-...
• “Leaked 1962 report reveals India’s still-unresolved military weaknesses”, Lowy Interpreter, 2 April 2014. http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2014/04/02/henderson-brooks-report-r...
• ”Is India ‘losing’ the Bay of Bengal?”, Lowy Interpreter, 19 March 2014. http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2014/03/19/Is-India-losing-the-Bay-o...
• “India’s own String of Pearls: Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Seychelles and Maldives”, Lowy Interpreter, 13 March 2014. http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2014/03/13/Indias-own-string-of-pear...
• “Indian Navy: Shaping Regional Diplomacy”, Gateway House, 21 February 2014. http://www.gatewayhouse.in/indian-navy-shaping-regional-diplomacy/ (co-authored with Sameer Patel)
• “China and India: great power rivals,” Contemporary South Asia, Vol.21, No.2 (2013), pp.181-2.
• “Total Destruction of the Tamil Tigers: The Rare Victory of Sri Lanka’s Long War,” Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, Vol.9 No.2 (2013) pp.247-8.
• “India: Regional Net Security Provider”, Gateway House, 5 November 2013. http://www.gatewayhouse.in/india-regional-net-security-provider/
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