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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

Contact details

Single Author Books

  1. 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).
  2. India as an Asia Pacific Power (London: Routledge, 2012).

Edited volumes

  1. India and China at Sea: Competition for Naval Dominance in the Indian Ocean (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018).
  2. Indo Pacific Maritime Security: Challenges and Cooperation (Canberra, National Security College, 2016).

Chapters in Edited Volumes

  1. “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.
  2. “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)
  3. “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).
  4. “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).
  5. “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).
  6. “New Maritime Governance and Cooperation Arrangements in the Eastern Indian Ocean: Challenges and Prospects” in Maritime Governance in South Asia (Singapore: World Scientific, 2018).
  7. “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)
  8. “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).
  9. “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).
  10. “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).
  11. “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).
  12. “Thinking outside the box with India” in Philipp Ivanov (ed.), Disruptive Asia: Asia’s Rise and Australia’s Future (Sydney: Asia Society Australia, 2017).
  13. “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).
  14. “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)
  15. “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)
  16. “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).
  17. “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.
  18. “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).
  19. “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).
  20. “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).
  21. “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.
  22. “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

  1. Australia’s Second Sea: Facing our Multipolar Future in the Indian Ocean, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 2019 (forthcoming).
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. The India-Australia Security Engagement: Opportunities and Challenges, Indian Council on Global Relations, Mumbai, 2013

Articles in Peer Reviewed Journals

  1. “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.
    1. “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.
  2. “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).
  3. “Australia and India: Creating New Strategic Geometries in the Indo Pacific” Journal of Indian Ocean Studies, Vol.24, No.3 (2016).
  4. “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.
  5. “Australia’s Roadmap for Blue Economy Science for the next decade” Journal of Indian Ocean Studies, Vol.23, No.3 (2016), pp.360-374.
  6. “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.
  7. “The idea of the Indo-Pacific: what it means for Australia,” Journal of Indian Ocean Studies, Vol.23, No.1 (2015), pp.1-11.
  8. “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.
  9. “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.
  10. “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.
  11. “Strategic Convergences between India and Australia in Southeast Asia”, Journal of Indian Ocean Studies, Vol.22, No.1 (2014), pp.1-21.
  12. “Dividing Lines: Evolving Mental Maps of the Bay of Bengal”, Asian Security, Vol.10, No.2 (2014) pp.151-167.
  13. “The India-Australia Security and Defence Relationship: Developments, Constraints and Prospects”, Security Challenges, Vol.10, No.1 (2014), pp.1-22.
  14. “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).
  15. “Indian strategic thinking about East Asia,” Journal of Strategic Studies, Vol. 34, No. 6 (2011), pp.825-852.
  16. “The relationship between India and Indonesia: an evolving security partnership?” Asian Survey Vol. 51, No. 2 (March/April 2011), pp.221-244.
  17. “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).
  18. “An Indian sphere of influence in the Indian Ocean?” Security Challenges, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Spring 2010), pp. 1-20.
  19. “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.
  20. “The India – Japan Security Declaration: an enduring security partnership?”Asian Security, Vol.6, No. 2 (2010), pp.95-120.
  21. “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.
  22. “India’s Security Partnership with Singapore,” Pacific Review, Vol.22, Issue 5 (December 2009), pp. 597 – 618.
  23. “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.
  24. “Judicial enforcement of the Listing Rules of the Australian Stock Exchange” Companies and Securities Law Journal, No. 9 (1991), p.313.
  25. “Decisions Under the ASX Listing Rules: Review Under the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act” Companies and Securities Law Journal, No. 9 (1991), p.378.
  26. “Fiduciary Obligations of Trust Managers and the Takeovers of Unit Trusts”, Companies and Securities Law Journal, No. 9 (1990), p.303.
  27. “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...
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• “’Asian pivot’ is really an ‘Asian re-balance’”, Lowy Interpreter, 22 June 2012. http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2012/06/22/Asian-pivot-is-really-an-...
• “New Delhi: The coup that never was?”, Lowy Interpreter, 17 April 2012. http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2012/04/17/New-Delhi-the-coup-that-n...
• “India’s rise: changing the mental map of the Asia Pacific”, Asian Currents, February 2012. http://asaa.asn.au/publications/ac/2012/asian-currents-12-02.pdf
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• “Russia stakes its claim in India’s nuclear gold rush”, East Asia Forum, 7 April 2010 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/04/07/russia-stakes-its-claim-in-india...
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