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. You can read his complete bio, here