An Australian defence strategic review of limited ambition
PETER LAYTON | At a time when Australia’s geostrategic environment is worsening, the outlines of the country’s forthcoming defence…











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PETER LAYTON | At a time when Australia’s geostrategic environment is worsening, the outlines of the country’s forthcoming defence…
PETER LAYTON | Australia’s strategic, economic and political apprehension about the rising power of China in the Indo-Pacific has…
PETER LAYTON | Airpower has long been a favoured instrument in Middle Eastern wars, and none more so than…
PETER LAYTON* | From an Australian defence viewpoint, the Pacific is suddenly fashionable. This renewed attention has encouraged…
PETER LAYTON | Nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) are technically incredible. They are akin to the Australian Navy’s conventionally powered …
PETER LAYTON | It suddenly seems the Air Force needs major recapitalisation, just as its…
PETER LAYTON | For more than a century, the purpose of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) has been…
PETER LAYTON | It’s time to structure the Australian Defence Force for this long, hot century. That doesn’t mean…
PETER LAYTON | The future is uncertain but not completely. A major certainty is that, as in earlier times,…
PETER LAYTON | A month on from my earlier post on bringing the Australian Defence Force into…