On being the grass … strategic outlook for the Pacific islands region
Tuesday
3rd February
2026
TESS NEWTON CAIN | When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers…
Defence
Xiexie (thank you) Trump: How China stands to gain from Trump’s second term
Friday
13th December
2024
CHRISTOPH NEDOPIL | For nearly eight decades, the United States has dominated the international order, setting the rules for…
Danger Will Robinson: Warfighting robots fast approaching
Monday
11th September
2023
PETER LAYTON | "Mass is the new black"... In his latest piece, Peter Layton warns that cheap drones built in the…
US military plans to unleash thousands of autonomous war robots over next two years
Friday
1st September
2023
PETER LAYTON | The United States military plans to start using thousands of autonomous weapons systems in the next…
‘Every flight is a learning event’: Why the V-22 Osprey aircraft won’t be grounded despite dozens of crashes and 54 fatalities
Thursday
31st August
2023
PETER LAYTON | At the weekend a V-22 Osprey aircraft crashed on Melville Island north of Darwin. Of the 23…
A Queensland defence and security perspective
Friday
21st July
2023
PETER LAYTON | Australia has no international land borders but only just. Queensland’s Saibai Island is only…
What’s behind Australia’s $1 billion defence deal with Germany?
Thursday
13th July
2023
PETER LAYTON | Early last year, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz declared Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a major historical turning…
Helping AUKUS last the distance
Thursday
23rd March
2023
PETER LAYTON | While defence matters usually receive limited meaningful public debate in Australia, the government will need to…
Answering China’s South China Sea flying safety challenge
Thursday
14th July
2022
PETER LAYTON | China continues to double down on its dangerous intercept of an Australian maritime surveillance aircraft flying in…
Antarctica adrift: Australia’s southern blind spot
Thursday
19th May
2022
ELIZABETH BUCHANAN | When it comes to Antarctica there are four key problems Canberra faces. First, Australia overlooks its…