Dr. Peter Layton joins Carl, Christine, and Natalie to discuss Australia's National Defense Strategy and the concept of deterrence within an alliance. The strategy emphasizes conventional deterrence and working with the US and key partners to maintain a favorable regional strategic balance and explores the challenges of building a force to contribute to an alliance versus deterring independently, the role of offense and defense in the modern era, and the concept of integrated deterrence.

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