Disease Diplomacy: International Norms and Global Health Security Simone Burke — Reading room 23 October 2015The fact that infectious disease outbreaks have more reach in our increasingly globalised world is not very contentious. […] Read More
The Arabs at War in Afghanistan Dr. Laurens J. Visser — Reading room 06 October 2015Mustafa Hamid and Leah Farrall brush aside the inconsistencies that illustrate the myth of jihad in order to clarify the reality of the […] Read More
Paul Hasluck: A Life Reviewed by Professor Peter Edwards AM FAIIA — Reading room 29 September 2015On the basis of experience and ability, Paul Hasluck should have been one of Australia’s greatest foreign ministers. Before he came to that […] Read More
The Making of Eurosceptic Britain reviewer Dr Ben Wellings — Reading room 22 September 2015Since the United Kingdom joined the European Communities in 1973, successive prime ministers have sought to make the relationship one of the heart […] Read More
Australia’s Defence: Towards A New Era? Reviewer Cam Hawker — Reading room 17 August 2015Reviewing an edited book is a unique challenge as it involves critiquing the work not of one scholar but of an ensemble. In […] Read More
American Ambassadors, The Past, Present, and Future of America’s Diplomats Reviewed by Mike Fogarty — Reading room11 August 2015The author is a former American diplomat who has written a useful technical book on his guild. Written […] Read More
Australian Foreign Policy: Controversies and Debates reviewer Professor Michael Wesley — Reading room 06 August 2015Australian foreign policy studies seems to be a field undergoing a mini-decline these days. Looking around our universities and think tanks, it’s not […] Read More
Hack Attack: How the Truth Caught up with Rupert Murdoch reviewer Niree Creed — Reading room 28 July 2015TAKING ON THE MURDOCHS – THE DYNASTY TEETERS The name of Milly Dowler will always remain as a catalyst in a notorious hacking […] Read More
Australia and India: Mapping the Journey 1944-2014 Reviewed by Professor Ian Hall — Reading room 20 July 2015Historian of Australian foreign policy and India expert, Meg Gurry provides an engaging account of the ebb and flow of Canberra’s engagement of […] Read More
Out of the Mountains – The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla reviewer Major General James Molan AO DSC (Ret.) — Reading room 15 July 2015David Kilcullen’s third book, ‘Out of the Mountains – The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla’ adds significantly to the literature on conflict […] Read More