Rethinking US grand strategy
Thursday
6th June
2019
PETER LAYTON | Great power competition is today’s defining strategic issue. Crucially this competition is…
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Mobilising Defence in the “fourth industrial revolution”
Friday
19th April
2019
PETER LAYTON | Australia’s future wars may not run to our timetable. Our recent wars of choice have allowed participation…
New Japanese Air Force emerges
Thursday
18th April
2019
PETER LAYTON | The Japanese Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) lives in a tough neighbourhood. In the south, China is…
Non-technical measures can help reduce Australia’s vulnerability to foreign influence
Wednesday
17th April
2019
PETER LAYTON | Most now agree that Russia interfered in the 2016 US presidential election, using social media manipulation to…
Japan’s very busy fighter force
Monday
8th April
2019
PETER LAYTON | By international standards, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force is very busy. It scrambles fighters daily to intercept…
Prototype warfare in the fourth industrial age
Thursday
4th April
2019
PETER LAYTON | A new industrial process is rapidly emerging. This fourth industrial revolution (4IR) based…
Singapore’s careful F-35 fighter aircraft purchase
Friday
29th March
2019
PETER LAYTON | Singapore has finally decided to acquire four F-35 aircraft with options for eight more, initially …
US-China competition is all about us
Monday
10th December
2018
PETER LAYTON | We are not entering a new Cold War, despite both Chinese President Xi and US …
Trampling the grass: China-US leadership competition
Monday
26th November
2018
PETER LAYTON | As the APEC Summit showed, China-US competition will progressively revise the international system. Middle powers and smaller…
The Australian Army’s drone air force
Thursday
8th November
2018
PETER LAYTON | The first Military International Drone Racing Tournament was just held in Sydney, featuring competitors from…