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…
Category Archive: Feature series
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…
Contested skies: Our uncertain air superiority future
Friday
2nd February
2018
PETER LAYTON | In war, there’s a constant to and fro. At times defence dominates, at other times offence. Technologies…
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…
Using a Clausewitzian Dictum to rethink achieving victory
Friday
18th May
2018
PETER LAYTON | “War is thus an act of force to compel the enemy to do our will.”…
Mai Tai diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific
Thursday
5th July
2018
PETER LAYTON | It’s Mai Tai time again for many of the world’s navies and some air forces. The month-long, …
The rise of armed unmanned aircraft
Monday
9th July
2018
PETER LAYTON | Editorial note: In the first of a two-part article, Dr Peter Layton explores the evolution of the…
To engage China, or balance it? Lessons from a failed grand strategic exercise
Monday
23rd July
2018
PETER LAYTON | How should a great power manage a rival with an authoritarian government, a state-directed capitalist economy, strong…
“The tenth man” — War’s changing nature in an AI world
Tuesday
9th October
2018
PETER LAYTON | There’s a debate underway about the nature of war. Some say it’s immutable, others say…