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…
Category Archive: Region | China and Northeast Asia
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…
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…
Reading between the lines of North Korea’s letter
Wednesday
25th October
2017
PETER LAYTON | The Foreign Affairs Committee of the DPRK Supreme People’s Assembly has been busy sending open letters to…
How should Australia defend itself against a rising China?
Monday
20th November
2017
PETER LAYTON | The rise of China is the big international relations issue of our time. Unsurprisingly then, various solutions…
Other peoples’ air power: Air power with Chinese characteristics
Friday
1st December
2017
PETER LAYTON | Peter Layton’s series on other peoples’ air power has included an examination of Islamic State’s use…
Free trade with Chinese characteristics: Let the buyer beware
Friday
8th December
2017
PETER LAYTON | Canada will seek a free trade agreement with China – only the timing is uncertain. Integrating…
Why Australia should consider sharing nuclear weapons
Thursday
18th January
2018
PETER LAYTON | The future looks ominous. There are grim warnings that Australia’s strategic situation has worsened dramatically, with…
Duelling algorithms: Using artificial intelligence in warfighting
Friday
27th April
2018
PETER LAYTON | Technological change is relentless. Fifth generation warfare is only just emerging but already commercial technology developments are pushing…
Australia’s Chinese ballistic missile problem
Tuesday
1st May
2018
PETER LAYTON | Late last year in Australia, there was sudden interest shown in ballistic missile defence (BMD). Although the…