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…
Category Archive: Region | China and Northeast Asia
A flare up in China’s deliberate pattern of aggression
Thursday
9th June
2022
PETER LAYTON | It’s time to be alarmed not just alert. On Sunday, Australian Defence Minister…
Rethinking US grand strategy
Thursday
6th June
2019
PETER LAYTON | Great power competition is today’s defining strategic issue. Crucially this competition is…
Indian Ocean rivalries: China and India in the Indian Ocean
Tuesday
12th July
2022
PETER LAYTON | China is a one-ocean country with a two ocean posture. In the Pacific, the People’s Liberation…
Answering China’s South China Sea flying safety challenge
Thursday
14th July
2022
PETER LAYTON | China continues to double down on its dangerous intercept of an Australian maritime surveillance aircraft flying in…
Beyond ‘balancing’: alternative US grand strategies for dealing with China and Russia
Thursday
27th June
2019
PETER LAYTON | It’s time to start paying attention. The US–China spat is doubling down. The hardline speeches given by…
The trouble in the air on a tense Tuesday in Northeast Asia
Wednesday
31st July
2019
PETER LAYTON | The ruckus after South Korea fired warning shots at a nosy Russian spy plane marks a…
Nuclear deterrence: Actions speak louder than words
Tuesday
16th August
2022
BROOKE TAYLOR AND PETER LAYTON | Nuclear threats are back with, a hard-nosed, in-your-face rhetoric. The Cold War had…
Time to rethink Australia’s strategic milling over China
Tuesday
24th September
2019
PETER LAYTON | Australia’s strategic, economic and political apprehension about the rising power of China in the Indo-Pacific has…
Buying the wrong submarine
Friday
30th September
2022
PETER LAYTON | Nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) are technically incredible. They are akin to the Australian Navy’s conventionally powered …