Troy Lee-Brown is a researcher in regional security, maritime security and international relations with a focus on defence and security issues in the Indian Ocean Region and broader Indo-Pacific. He is currently a Research Fellow at the Defence and Security Institute at the University of Western Australia. Troy is the Editor of the DSI Black Swan Strategy Paper and also the Project Manager for the Blue Security Program a DFAT funded project which focuses on issues of maritime security in the Indo-Pacific. His research interests include the Indian Ocean, Indo-Pacific, maritime security, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, regionalism, defence, littoral strategies and climate change.