Fixing Australia’s failing Pacific Step-up strategy
Monday
2nd May
2022
PETER LAYTON | Publicly, Australia’s Pacific Step-up aims to win friends and influence people. Behind this facade…
Peter Layton
Non-technical measures can help reduce Australia’s vulnerability to foreign influence
Wednesday
17th April
2019
PETER LAYTON | Most now agree that Russia interfered in the 2016 US presidential election, using social media manipulation to…
China’s grey-zone activities: Concepts and possible responses
Tuesday
7th June
2022
PETER LAYTON | In recent years a new term has thrust itself into the military lexicon. ‘Grey-zone’ has become…
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…
Mobilising Defence in the “fourth industrial revolution”
Friday
19th April
2019
PETER LAYTON | Australia’s future wars may not run to our timetable. Our recent wars of choice have allowed participation…
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…
Mobilisation in the information technology era
Wednesday
12th June
2019
PETER LAYTON | Artificial intelligence, big data, virtual reality, robotics, cloud computing. The information technology (IT) revolution rolls…
Rethinking US grand strategy
Thursday
6th June
2019
PETER LAYTON | Great power competition is today’s defining strategic issue. Crucially this competition is…
The India-Australia bond and its impact on the Indo-Pacific
Monday
13th June
2022
PETER LAYTON | For several decades, the relationship between Australia and India seemed limited to Commonwealth, cricket and curry.
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…