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.
Australia’s wartime seaborne trade: insights from before
The cargo, not the ships, should guide Australia’s responses to potential threats against seaborne trade and supply.
Preparing Australia to respond to disasters – at home and abroad
The military should be restructured with a dedicated element to better tackle relief operations full-time.
Bringing the grey zone into focus
Australia must be ready for China’s next move in the volatile game of statecraft brinkmanship.
Belt and Road means big data and facial recognition, too
China is exporting the same social control technology it employs to monitor its own population.
Discontinued: America’s Continuous Bomber Presence
Ending a long-standing program, the US shows its commitment to defending friends in the Western Pacific is on the wane.
Is this the Kindleberger moment?
Covid-19 exposes a power vacuum where exceptionalism and tinfoil hat conspiracy theories go hand in hand.
Australia’s F-35s: Lessons from a problematic purchase
The rush nearly 20 years ago to buy the fighter of the future exposed fundamental shortcomings in defence acquisitions.
Undeclared air strikes: Between war and peace
Israel has pioneered attacks with no apparent owner, and now others have taken up the tactic.
The trouble in the air on a tense Tuesday in Northeast Asia
The ruckus after South Korea fired warning shots at a nosy Russian spy plane marks a significant rise in tensions.
