Australia’s nuclear submarine surprise
PETER LAYTON | In September 2021, Australia’s Prime Minster startled almost everyone by declaring the replacement submarine for the nation’s COLLINS class boats would… Read More
Peter Layton
Converging ways of war: Russian, China and America
PETER LAYTON | Thinking about major war is back in fashion as forever wars shuffle off and near-peer conflicts become considered plausible. Counter-insurgency is… Read More
Only a truly national security strategy can forestall disaster
PETER LAYTON | There is much talk of war drums beating, China battles and military deployments to North East Asia. Such… Read More
Storm warning: Chinese grey zone futures inbound
PETER LAYTON | As competition with China deepens, the nation’s use of gray zone techniques is becoming of increasing importance and interest. China has… Read More
Countering China’s grey zone strategy
PETER LAYTON | China’s grey zone activities grind remorseless on but in so doing are creating an opposing pushback. As is customary,… Read More
Chinese warplanes overhead Taiwan (or maybe not)
PETER LAYTON | China’s PLA Air Force’s (PLAAF) latest flights into the Taiwanese Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) have gained people’s… Read More
Australia’s wartime seaborne trade: Insights from before
PETER LAYTON | The cargo, not the ships, should guide Australia’s responses to potential threats against seaborne trade and supply. China’s maritime warfare capabilities… Read More
Responding to China’s unending grey-zone prodding
PETER LAYTON | The best way to counter China’s grey-zone activities may be a measured forward-planning approach that proceeds step-by-step. China… Read More
Preparing Australia to respond to disasters—at home and abroad
PETER LAYTON | The COVID pandemic relentlessly rolls on but prescribed burns have now also begun across Australia as the next bushfire… Read More
Bringing the grey zone into focus
PETER LAYTON | Australia’s 2020 Defence Strategic Update was, by the standards of such publications, a hard-hitting document. It had a particularly… Read More
