PETER LAYTON | Say ‘air superiority’ and people instinctively think of highly manoeuvrable aircraft, silk-scarfed fighter pilots, the Battle…
PETER LAYTON | In irregular wars, the state has traditionally had a monopoly on the use of air power. This…
PETER LAYTON | Many books on Australian defence simply repeat old beliefs. This valuable new work does not, instead breaking…
After the 2008-2009 GFC, major powers (including the United States and China) were either reinvigorating existing institutions or initiating new…
PETER LAYTON | The Trump administration has embraced a new, reductionist approach to managing its alliances. James Mattis, on his…
PETER LAYTON | For the first time Australia now has two senior ministers in the Defence portfolio, with Marise Payne…
PETER LAYTON | Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has laid out some tough parameters for her newly commissioned White…
PETER LAYTON | There’s no shortage of dark, pessimistic visions out there, including a revisionist Russia, an assertive China, the…
PETER LAYTON | Security trumps economics, or so the Ausgrid saga seems to have taught us. But maybe this framing…
PETER LAYTON | Now that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have secured US presidential nominations, the Turnbull government has a…
