Unholy Fury: Whitlam and Nixon at War Reviewed by Dr Alison Broinowski FAIIA — Reading room 15 June 2015 Long after the dust of catastrophic events has settled and the reports are written, historians come to pick through the rubble, finding […] Read More
Australia, Japan and Southeast Asia: Early Post-War Initiatives in Regional Diplomacy Reviewed by Terrell — Reading room 08 June 2015Australia’s relationship with Japan is one of the longest, most important and trouble-free bilateral relationships since the Second […] Read More
Realising Rights: How Regional Organisations Socialise Human Rights Reviewed by Professor Anthony J. Langlois — Reading room 01 June 2015This clearly composed and well written study challenges those interested in the impact of regional organisations in the […] Read More
Inside the Hawke Keating Government: A Cabinet Diary reviewer Niree Creed — Reading room 25 May 2015For those of us who laboured in the Canberra Press Gallery during the heady 80’s and attempted interviews with Gareth Evans on occasions, […] Read More
China's Naval Power: An Offensive Realist Approach reviewer Dirk Van der Kley — Reading room 18 May 2015China’s Naval Power: an offensive realist approach provides a thoughtful analysis of one the most important strategic issues of our times – the […] Read More
Scholars, Policymakers, and International Affairs: Finding Common Cause Reviewed by Melissa Conley Tyler FAIIA — Reading room 12 May 2015Any attempt to bridge the divide between scholars and policy-makers in international affairs is so welcome that I couldn’t […] Read More
Trading Nation: Advancing Australia’s Interests in World Markets reviewer Associate Professor Donald Kenyon, AM — Reading room 04 May 2015This is a timely publication. It notes Australia’s transition from a focus on multilateral trade liberalisation during the […] Read More
Cursed Victory: A History of Israel and the Occupied Territories reviewer Dr James Anderson — Reading room 28 April 2015While serving as a young Israel Defence Force officer in Gaza in the 1970s, Ahron Bregman became acutely […] Read More
Defence Planning and Uncertainty: Preparing for the Next Asia-Pacific War reviewer Dr Richard Brabin-Smith — Reading room 20 April 2015My colleague Stephan Frühling has written a marvellous book on the vexed subject of how to handle the […] Read More
Contentious Activism and Inter-Korean Relations reviewer Professor Roland Bleiker — Reading room 13 April 2015In this innovative and important new book, Danielle Chubb examines how political activism in South Korea has come to shape discussions around the […] Read More