Chinese grey zone spy balloons over the American heartland
Tuesday
7th February
2023
PETER LAYTON | Bizarrely, the Chinese have sent a high-flying spy balloon deep into the American heartland. The…
Category Archive: Commentary
Defining Grand Strategy
Tuesday
18th August
2020
PETER LAYTON | Grand strategy is the art of developing and applying diverse forms of power in…
‘No indication of aliens’: spy balloon saga continues to surprise amid rising US–China tension
Thursday
16th February
2023
PETER LAYTON | Over the past week, the US has realised and revealed that an active fleet…
Australia’s wartime seaborne trade: Insights from before
Tuesday
21st September
2021
PETER LAYTON | The cargo, not the ships, should guide Australia’s responses to potential threats against seaborne…
Helping AUKUS last the distance
Thursday
23rd March
2023
PETER LAYTON | While defence matters usually receive limited meaningful public debate in Australia, the government will…
AUKUS sets sail in the Indo-Pacific
Tuesday
9th May
2023
PETER LAYTON | Australia’s acquisition of a replacement for its Collins class conventional submarine fleet is proving…
Countering China’s grey zone strategy
Monday
11th October
2021
PETER LAYTON | China’s grey zone activities grind remorseless on but in so doing are…
Storm warning: Chinese grey zone futures inbound
Monday
25th October
2021
PETER LAYTON | As competition with China deepens, the nation’s use of gray zone techniques is becoming…
Australian Defence’s Forgotten Indian Ocean Territories
Thursday
29th June
2023
PETER LAYTON | ‘Location, location, location’ is the key to understanding Australia’s Indian Ocean Territories (IOT). Christmas…
What’s behind Australia’s $1 billion defence deal with Germany?
Thursday
13th July
2023
PETER LAYTON | Early last year, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz declared Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a major…