In Putin’s war, everybody loses
Thursday
21st April
2022
PETER LAYTON | The war in Ukraine is entering its ninth week. Looking back, in the first three weeks,…
Peter Layton
A balancing act: Humanitarian assistance, disaster relief and the ADF
Thursday
7th April
2022
PETER LAYTON AND PETER LEAHY | The Australian Defence Force has a long and proud history of delivering…
Time and troops in finite supply for Russia’s army in Ukraine
Thursday
31st March
2022
PETER LAYTON | To everyone’s surprise, after a month’s hard fighting in Ukraine, the Russian army is now …
Scenarios for the war in Ukraine
Thursday
24th March
2022
PETER LAYTON | Russia’s war has stalled. There are small advances, but at high cost. Russian…
General Valery Gerasimov’s great Ukrainian disaster
Tuesday
15th March
2022
PETER LAYTON | How did we end up here? We all thought Putin’s modernized Russian army was ten feet…
Australia spent billions on jet fighters off the plan. Now, we’re having trouble even flying them
Thursday
10th March
2022
PETER LAYTON | There’s a problem with Australia’s brand new fighter jet—it’s just not that reliable. As a…
China’s grey zone tactics amount to far more than just laser games
Tuesday
1st March
2022
PETER LAYTON | Just after lunchtime Thursday 17 February, China for the first time undertook grey zone actions in…
Living with a feared China and Russian-built chaos
Monday
31st January
2022
PETER LAYTON | To Western eyes, China’s wolf-warrior foreign affairs policy and Russia’s extravagant…
Australia–Japan defence cooperation in the grey zone
Tuesday
25th January
2022
PETER LAYTON | Over the last several years, the relationship with China has become increasingly awkward for both Australia…
A disruptive innovation, future-focussed Australian strategic studies
Tuesday
18th January
2022
PETER LAYTON | Australian strategic studies cannot keep up with current rates of geostrategic change. Focussing on different analysis…