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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

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Australia Can’t Continue to Divide the Indian Ocean in Two

David Brewster argues agaisnt dividing the Indian Ocean, on the ABC's Counterpoint.

Stronger institutions sorely needed in the Indian Ocean

Stronger institutions sorely needed in the Indian Ocean

Australia needs to be part of an innovative and efficient solution

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Environmental security in the eastern Indian Ocean, Antarctica and the Southern Ocean: A risk mapping approach

Mapping the risks in the oceans and opportunites for Aust/French cooperation

Maybe Australia should donate a warship to Sri Lanka

Strategic assests can still support the national interest when decommissioned

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Australia's Second Sea: Facing our multipolar future in the Indian Ocean

Australia must take the risks and opportunities in the IO more seriously

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China may only seek a limited naval role in the Indian Ocean

How will China confront the tyranny of distance to achieve its aims?

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The forces needed to protect the Belt and Road

Protecting China's regional interests will increasingly require the PLA

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Air traffic control: China and India compete

Access to airfields, the new field for competition in the Indo-Pacific

David Brewster Indo-Pacific

Bring Australia’s Navy home from the Middle East

Naval practitioners struggle to justify deployments to the western Indian Ocean

Plane at sunset

China's play for military bases in the eastern Indian Ocean

China is moving to establish a network of naval and air bases in the Indian Ocean to support its growing strategic imperatives in the region writes David Brewster

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