26,183 research outputs found
Non-Western Airpower: Diverse, Dissimilar and Disruptive
No full textNon-Western users of airpower are moving beyond the paradigms established last century. Peter Layton examines the application of coercive airpower by China, Iran, Hamas, the Houthis and Russia. These disparate cases share three characteristics: diversity in the actors employing airpower; dissimilarity in the varied technology being used; and disruptiveness to traditional, well-established ideas about airpower. These characteristics are useful for discussing the broad implications of the emerging non-Western style of air operations.Full Tex
Past National Mobilisation Insights: Supply Chains, the People and Supporting Great Power Allies (Working paper)
No full textIn this multi-author edition of the Centre of Gravity series, four leading thinkers explore issues and opportunities of mobilisation in Australia.
Peter Layton explores recent history to argue that Australian defence strategies, and accordingly the ADF’s force structure, need to be designed cognizant of national mobilisation possibilities in Past National Mobilisation Insights: Supply Chains, the People and Supporting Great Power Allies.
Zach Lambert highlights that deliberate foreplaning, especially in concert with the Unites States and South Pacific, can improve Australian mobilisation and sustainment capacity in mutually beneficial ways in Break in Case of War – the Australian/United States Alliance and the Argument for Military Scaling.
Nathan K. Finney argues that that to determine gaps in force structure and capabilities for expansion, a more robust discussion and analysis must occur, including re-establishing scalability as a core tenant of defence policy in Preventing a Glass Cannon: Increasing the Flexibility and Stamina of the Australian Army.
Chris Barrie necessitates a national debate on the nature, form, requirements and incentives for a universal service scheme in AUSS+IE – Why Australia needs a universal service scheme.Full Tex
Liquid light and silicon dreams
No full textPeter Cannings, Graham Diprose and Peter Layton have produced an inaugural collection of original and evocative imagery exploring the creative integration of light, colour and form in a fusion of traditional and digital technologies
Author Peter FitzSimons speaking at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 13 November 2012 /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Portraits of author Peter FitzSimons speaking at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 13 November 2012.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Online.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
Elijah Everett
No full textTypescript of a brief history of Elijah Everett, who was killed by Indians in 1866 during a military expedition in southern Utah during the Black Hawk War. Material from an article by John S. Adams in Peter Gottfredson\u27s book, History of Indian Depredations in Utah, and from an account by Richard Heber Benson in 1936. Typed by Layton J. Ott in 193
Moral Good, the Beatific Vision, and God’s Kingdom Writings by Germain Grisez and Peter Ryan, S.J.. Edited by Peter J. Weigel
No full textFor close to half a century, the work of Germain Grisez has been highly influential, and his writings continue to receive considerable attention from philosophers and theologians of diverse viewpoints. His co-author for this work is the professor and noted moral theologian Fr. Peter Ryan, S.J., currently the executive director of the Secretariat of Doctrine and Canonical Affairs of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). These two eminent scholars explore fundamental questions about Christian eschatology, moral theory, the purpose of human life, and the promise of human fulfilment. The authors examine Christian teaching on the final destiny of persons, investigating the meaning of God's kingdom, the hope of the beatific vision, and the centrality of moral goodness and divine grace in one's final end. This work is an ideal source for students, scholars, ministers and lay persons interested in basic questions of Christian theology, the philosophy of religion, ethical theory, and Catholic doctrin
Murder on the mountain: author talk with Peter J. Wosh
No full textAuthor talk by Peter J. Wosh on May 5th, 2022, on his book, "Murder on the Mountain: crime, passion, and punishment in gilded age New Jersey.
Fighting Artificial Intelligence Battles
No full textIt is a time of rapid disruptive technological change, especially in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). While this technology has been developed by and for the commercial sector, the apparent potential for AI in military applications is now leading armed forces worldwide to experiment with embryonic, AI-enabled defence systems to determine how these could best be used for combat and peacetime tasks.
Australia is no different, with funding allocated in the 2020 Defence Strategic Update to begin introducing AI capabilities into Defence. This process will involve developing AI applications that address defined tactical-level and strategic-level military problems, building a skilled AI workforce, engaging with partners and allies, integrating ethics into AI applications and conducting AI experiments. A tangible demonstration of this plan in action is the opening this year of the Defence Technology Acceleration ColLab at Fairbairn, Australian Capital Territory.
Peter Layton's paper contributes to this broadly based movement by considering the role AI might play in future sea, land and air combat operations at the tactical and operational levels of war. This is a little examined area, as much of the discussion so far has focused on the key technological issues and concerns. These deliberations have indicated that AI might be a significant technology in future wars, but there remain numerous uncertainties. This paper provides a starting point from which to begin a debate that will help to resolve some of these uncertainties. [...]Full Tex
The Grand Strategies of Great Powers (Book review)
No full textThis is not just another book on grand strategy. Those often simply market the author’s proposed grand strategy; this book is much more useful. The Grand Strategies of Great Powers by Tudor A Onea provides readers with the tools necessary to be able to critique and evaluate diverse historical, current and proposed future grand strategies. To make the task manageable, Onea constrains his grand strategy exploration to the great powers, commencing with Peter the Great’s Russia.No Full Tex
Lunchtime Talk with Author and Attorney Peter Godwin
No full textAuthor and attorney Peter Godwin gave a lunchtime talk about the topics discussed in his book, The Fear, which focuses on the human rights situation in Zimbabwe under the rule of Robert Mugabe
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