Waiting ‘Round the Bend: Recollections of Childhood and a Life in Australia’s Foreign Service reviewer Professor Russell Lansbury — Reading room 21 March 2014Books about international relations are written from a variety of levels and perspectives: while some are narrated from […] Read More
Transforming South Asia: Imperatives for Action Reviewed by Professor Ian Hall — Reading room 20 March 2014South Asia is certainly in need of transformation. Riven by border disputes, home to two nuclear powers (with a third on its doorstep), […] Read More
Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States, and the World reviewer Patrick Hill — Reading room 10 March 2014When the Grand Master states “human beings…are inherently vicious” and “power politics in Asia is as old as […] Read More
Years of Resistance: The Mandate of Émile Lahood, the Former President of Lebanon reviewer Artemis Niaros — Reading room 09 March 2014This book illuminates the persona of Émile Lahood as both a President and a man who shaped Lebanon’s […] Read More
Foreign Policy Begins at Home Reviewed by Melissa Conley Tyler FAIIA — Reading room 13 February 2014Richard Haass describes himself as a “card-carrying member of the foreign policy establishment”. It would be hard to disagree. He is president of […] Read More
1914: The Year the World Ended reviewer David Costello — Reading room12 February 2014KAISER Wilhem II of Germany was a “scatterbrained buffoon’’ fond of sabre rattling and scribbling rage-filled rants on the margins of official correspondence. […] Read More
Disasters Without Borders reviewer Bridget Crane — Reading room 10 February 2014The international politics, players and history surrounding “disasters” (both broadly- and narrowly-defined) should be of key interest to an Australian audience given our […] Read More
Länderbericht Australien reviewer Sophia Brook — Reading room 01 February 2014This is an in-depth country report on Australia in German for a German-speaking audience. Its eleven chapters provide a detailed overview of the country’s […] Read More