Rethinking grand strategy
Friday
22nd June
2018
PETER LAYTON | Grand strategy may seem an irrelevant idea but it’s not. As Colin Gray declares “all strategy is…
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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…
An alternative to the rules-based order?
Tuesday
17th April
2018
PETER LAYTON | There’s a fundamental problem in Australia’s relationship with China: China’s growth advances prosperity but menaces security. If 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…
Realigning the Australian Army
Monday
15th October
2018
PETER LAYTON | The Australian Army is spending up big, announcing a $5.2bn contract for more than 200 Boxers (armoured…
A grand strategy Plan A for Australia?
Friday
2nd November
2018
PETER LAYTON | Worry abounds. There are calls for radically new defence policies, a defence Plan B,…
The Australian Army’s drone air force
Thursday
8th November
2018
PETER LAYTON | The first Military International Drone Racing Tournament was just held in Sydney, featuring competitors from…
Our new model robot armies
Friday
10th August
2018
PETER LAYTON | Robotic technologies seem set to disrupt warfare in at least two big…