Peter Layton
Biography
Publications
Dr Peter Layton is a Visiting Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute, an Associate Fellow RUSI (UK) and a Fellow of the Australian Security Leaders Climate Group. A retired RAAF Group Captain, Peter has extensive experience in force structure development and taught national security strategy at the US National Defense University. He has written extensively on defence and security matters, and was awarded the US Exceptional Public Service medal for force structure planning work. In 2006, he won the RUSI Trench Gascoigne Essay Prize for original writing on contemporary issues of defence and international security. He is the author of the book Grand Strategy.
Fixing Australia’s failing Pacific Step-up strategy
Supporting domestic interest groups in the region will bring success, and should be high on Canberra’s “to do” list.
In Putin’s war, everybody loses
The war may freeze in place, but the future peace will not be like the old peace before Russia invaded.
Time and troops in finite supply for Russia’s army in Ukraine
Forced to call in conscripts, reservists and foreign fighters, Putin’s miscalculation is beginning to bite.
Scenarios for the war in Ukraine
Unexpected resistance, disaffected troops and broken supply chains present a Catch-22 for Putin on the road to Kyiv.
China’s grey zone tactics amount to far more than just laser games
A Chinese warship’s use of a laser on an Australian surveillance plane was no accident but purposeful aggression.
Living with a feared China and Russian-built chaos
Giving way in the face of belligerence won’t make it stop – but nor does aggression portend doom and major war.
Australia–Japan defence cooperation in the grey zone
Clever use of deterrence techniques, air defence zones and artificial intelligence are critical for the military allies.
Only a truly national security strategy can forestall disaster
It’s not China but a changing climate that will most threaten Australia’s way of life in the century ahead.
Chinese warplanes overhead Taiwan (or maybe not)
Multi-aircraft flights – some at night – signal a growing sophistication. But there are still limits.
