Comparative Study of Child Soldiering on Myanmar-China Border reviewer Dr Mhairi Cowden — Reading room 03 February 2015‘Comparative Study of Child Soldiering on Myanmar-China Border’ is a technical monograph examining the extremely important issue of child soldiering along the Myanmar […] Read More
The Australian School of International Relations Reviewed by Professor Peter Boyce AO — Reading room 27 January 2015When did the discipline of international relations make its appearance in Australian universities and who were its most influential early flag-bearers? These are […] Read More
The Menzies Era: The Years that Shaped Modern Australia Reviewed by Professor Peter Edwards AM FAIIA — Reading room 13 January 2015The Menzies Era is an interesting innovation, which does not fit easily into any of the standard genres. It is not the personal […] Read More
Australia and the Vietnam War reviewer James Brown — Reading room 19 December 2014The Vietnam War has become a touchstone for abject failure in war, a reference point by which to navigate the deficiencies of strategy […] Read More
Money, Power and Ideology: Political Parties in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia reviewer Natalie Sambhi — Reading room 12 November 2014Most days, there’s a story in the Indonesian news on ‘korupsi’ (corruption) involving Indonesian politics; needless to say, […] Read More
W. Macmahon Ball: Politics for the People Reviewed by Professor Derek McDougall — Reading room 03 November 2014This book is a study of the life of Professor William Macmahon Ball (known as ‘Mac’), focusing particularly on his career from the […] Read More
Debating Democratization in Myanmar reviewer Professor Benjamin Reilly — Reading room 30 October 2014Myanmar is one of the most important cases of potential democratisation in the world today. Ruled for decades by an array of incompetent […] Read More
Zone of Crisis: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and Iraq Reviewed by Ian Dudgeon — Reading room 14 October 2014Zone of Crisis is a very apt description of what this very informative book is about. Professor Saikal reviews each of these four […] Read More
India's Ocean: The Story of India's Bid for Regional Leadership reviewer Rory Medcalf — Reading room 26 September 2014It is fashionable for strategic analysts to claim to understand India’s growing role and the increasing centrality of the Indian Ocean as a […] Read More
The Politics of Climate Change Negotiations: Strategies and Variables in Prolonged International Negotiations reviewer Dr Larry Crump — Reading room 17 September 2014Government leaders from around the world will meet in Paris in November 2015 in the latest attempt to […] Read More