Time and troops in finite supply for Russia’s army in Ukraine
Thursday
31st March
2022
PETER LAYTON | To everyone’s surprise, after a month’s hard fighting in Ukraine, the Russian army is now …
Russia
In Putin’s war, everybody loses
Thursday
21st April
2022
PETER LAYTON | The war in Ukraine is entering its ninth week. Looking back, in the first three weeks,…
Rethinking US grand strategy
Thursday
6th June
2019
PETER LAYTON | Great power competition is today’s defining strategic issue. Crucially this competition is…
Beyond ‘balancing’: alternative US grand strategies for dealing with China and Russia
Thursday
27th June
2019
PETER LAYTON | It’s time to start paying attention. The US–China spat is doubling down. The hardline speeches given by…
The trouble in the air on a tense Tuesday in Northeast Asia
Wednesday
31st July
2019
PETER LAYTON | The ruckus after South Korea fired warning shots at a nosy Russian spy plane marks a…
Nuclear deterrence: Actions speak louder than words
Tuesday
16th August
2022
BROOKE TAYLOR AND PETER LAYTON | Nuclear threats are back with, a hard-nosed, in-your-face rhetoric. The Cold War had…
India’s fickle geostrategic framework
Monday
31st October
2022
PETER LAYTON | In October 2022, India abstained from voting in a UN Security Council draft resolution against Russia’s annexation…
The Linebacker II air campaign anniversary and the Ukraine war
Thursday
12th January
2023
PETER LAYTON | December marked 50 years since the ‘maximum effort’ Operation Linebacker II air campaign that forced the…
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 historical turning…
A view from afar: Australia and the Arctic
Friday
15th July
2022
ELIZABETH BUCHANAN | The Arctic is once more in geopolitical free fall. Australia should construct an approach to its…