Our Time of Old Wars Being Refought in New Ways
Join us either in-person or online with Dr Peter Layton who will speak about the evolving nature and character of war in a bipolar world, focusing on emerging technologies like AI, robotic warfare, and their implications for global conflicts and alliances.
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In this second quarter of the 21st Century, it's becoming apparent the world is once again bipolar and will remain so for the foreseeable future. China and the US are now both significantly larger in national power terms than any other state; no one else even comes close. Like the last time the international system was bipolar, this is now again allowing an outbreak of serious wars and significant coercion that is both throwing up new ways of war and revitalising old ones.
Drawing on current wars and tensions, this talk will discuss the initial combat use of artificial intelligence, the operational and strategic impact of fighting on transparent battlefields, the sudden rise of robot machines of war and the return of national mobilisation, along with attempts to disrupt it. The nature and character of war are changing with significant implications for states, including Australia and its alliance with the US, and for the people who get caught up in such conflicts.
Changes in the character of war are arguably unsurprising in a time when much new technology is now entering military service. On the other hand, the nature of war is held by many to be immutable but maybe that 19th Century Clausewitzian view can now be challenged.
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- Presentation by Dr Peter Layton
Peter Layton
DrDr Peter Layton is a Visiting Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute, an Associate Fellow Royal United Services Institute (London) and a Fellow of the Australian Security Leaders Climate Group. He has extensive defence experience including flying fast jets and maritime patrol, force development, major equipment projects and as a defense attaché. For his work at the Pentagon on force structure matters, he was awarded the US Secretary of Defense’s Exceptional Public Service Medal.
More information about speaker
Peter has a doctorate from the University of New South Wales on grand strategy and has taught it at the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, Washington DC. He contributes regularly to the public policy debate on defence and foreign affairs issues, is the author of the book Grand Strategy and co-author of Warfare in the Robotic Age.
His posts, articles and papers may be read at: https://griffith.academia.edu/peterlayton
- Questions from the Audience
Peter LaytonPeter Layton
DrDr Peter Layton is a Visiting Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute, an Associate Fellow Royal United Services Institute (London) and a Fellow of the Australian Security Leaders Climate Group. He has extensive defence experience including flying fast jets and maritime patrol, force development, major equipment projects and as a defense attaché. For his work at the Pentagon on force structure matters, he was awarded the US Secretary of Defense’s Exceptional Public Service Medal.
More information about speaker
Peter has a doctorate from the University of New South Wales on grand strategy and has taught it at the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, Washington DC. He contributes regularly to the public policy debate on defence and foreign affairs issues, is the author of the book Grand Strategy and co-author of Warfare in the Robotic Age.
His posts, articles and papers may be read at: https://griffith.academia.edu/peterlayton
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