Brendan Taylor’s The Four Flashpoints: How Asia Goes to War is a model of policy-engaged scholarship that should be required reading for anyone interested in understanding contemporary threats to peace in the Asia-Pacific region.

In Rise and Resist, Clare Press takes a look at the developments in 21st-century democracy.

“Intelligence and the Function of Government”, edited by Daniel Baldino and Rhys Crawley, contains a great deal of useful material on the Australian Intelligence Community (AIC), intelligence issues and intelligence in relation to government.

Island off the Coast of Asia – Instruments of Statecraft in Australian Foreign Policy written by Clinton Fernandes is a radical analysis of the genesis and development of Australia's foreign policy. It is an essential if depressing read for those wishing to understand the origins of our external policies.

ASEAN expert Shaun Narine offers an exhaustive analysis of the organisation’s history, institutions and international linkages with a view to determining its role in the next decade.

On the centenary of the Armistice ending World War I, there are still lessons to be drawn by modern commanding officers from how their counterparts became a more effective and potent military force as the war progressed.

The discipline of International Relations is at a crossroad. Its orthodox view of the history of modern international relations has been under criticism for some time.

The rise of populists, a growing number of authoritarian regimes and an apparent loss of confidence in democratic politicians have all contributed to the idea that democracy is in serious trouble.

Despite the coming demise of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, this volume reminds us of the limited efficacy of armed force and its devastating effects.

A transnational textbook illustrates the complexity of current-day diplomacy at a time of unprecedented disruption.