Reading room

It is sometimes difficult to know what books to read on international issues; thankfully the AIIA has Reading Room: the online book review section of the Australian Journal of International Affairs. Literature reviewed includes international relations, security or history, among other topics.
To suggest a title for review or to offer to review, contact australianoutlook@internationalaffairs.org.au.

05 Feb 2026
'Rethinking Techno-Politics in the Digital Age: Global Technology Relations and Security' offers an interdisciplinary framework that delves into the symbiotic
28 Jan 2026
The Big Fix continues in line with Palazzo’s trend of presenting well-considered analysis regarding his adopted country’s security vulnerabilities, both
28 Jan 2026
Since the UN World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, international donors have substantially increased their financial support to
13 Jan 2026
This compact work by Bundeswehr University München professor Carlo Masala is in its sixth printing in German. An English translation,
28 Oct 2025
Bilahari Kausikan’s The Myth of the Asian Century challenges the popular idea that the twenty-first century belongs to Asia, arguing that such
09 Oct 2025
This book celebrates the transitions of Vietnam and Poland from central planning to market economies as triumphs of capitalism, but
01 Oct 2025
European security experts sometimes assume that NATO-style multilateral institutions should be the gold standard for defense cooperation everywhere, but the
25 Sep 2025
Sparding's historical analysis of US-German relations reveals a persistent pattern of American expectations for Germany to mature into a "responsible
24 Sep 2025
Dr Martin Hess’s The Politics of Police Diplomacy: The Australian Experience is a study of the international roles played by
11 Sep 2025
In "Tracing the Undersea Dragon: Chinese SSBN Programme and the Indo-Pacific", Commodore (Dr) Amit Ray sets out with the ambitious
10 Sep 2025
This work by Allan Behm shares its locus with other works that deal with the Australian-US alliance; it is marked
10 Sep 2025
‘The biggest purchase order in history’ is how one former mining CEO describes the energy transition’s demand for minerals and