Rethinking US grand strategy
PETER LAYTON | Great power competition is today’s defining strategic issue. Crucially this competition is seen as remaining below the… Read More
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Mobilising Defence in the “fourth industrial revolution”
PETER LAYTON | Australia’s future wars may not run to our timetable. Our recent wars of choice have allowed participation as and when we wished. Read More
New Japanese Air Force emerges
PETER LAYTON | The Japanese Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) lives in a tough neighbourhood. In the south, China is trying to gain control of… Read More
Non-technical measures can help reduce Australia’s vulnerability to foreign influence
PETER LAYTON | Most now agree that Russia interfered in the 2016 US presidential election, using social media manipulation to support its preferred candidate. In… Read More
Japan’s very busy fighter force
PETER LAYTON | By international standards, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force is very busy. It scrambles fighters daily to intercept multiple aircraft penetrating Japan’s Air… Read More
Prototype warfare in the fourth industrial age
PETER LAYTON | A new industrial process is rapidly emerging. This fourth industrial revolution (4IR) based on hyper-connectivity brings with it… Read More
Singapore’s careful F-35 fighter aircraft purchase
PETER LAYTON | Singapore has finally decided to acquire four F-35 aircraft with options for eight more, initially for evaluation purposes. Read More
US-China competition is all about us
PETER LAYTON | We are not entering a new Cold War, despite both Chinese President Xi and US Vice-President Pence finding… Read More
Trampling the grass: China-US leadership competition
PETER LAYTON | As the APEC Summit showed, China-US competition will progressively revise the international system. Middle powers and smaller states alike will be continually… Read More
The Australian Army’s drone air force
PETER LAYTON | The first Military International Drone Racing Tournament was just held in Sydney, featuring competitors from across the world, and the… Read More
