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.

01 Jun 2022
Understanding Presidential Doctrines demonstrates a comprehensive, balanced, and central dual study of US presidential doctrines and foreign policy. The book
23 May 2022
The Ethics of Exile: A Political Theory of Diaspora tells a different story of migration. Ashwini Vasanthakumar reveals the stories
11 May 2022
Salvador Regilme seeks to understand how US foreign aid has impacted human rights in Southeast Asia during the post-Cold War
09 May 2022
Joe Hockey served as Australia’s ambassador to the United States in the last year of President Barack Obama’s term and
05 May 2022
Australia now appears to live in a new and less predictable world. If, as most agree, this is true, a
26 Apr 2022
History seems to be accelerating with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, following in the footsteps of COVID-19 and the rise of
19 Apr 2022
Australian Institute of International Affairs National President Allan Gyngell starts his history of Australian foreign policy with the observation that
12 Apr 2022
Geopolitical competition between the US and China can provoke dangerous status conflicts for which Europe seems ill-prepared. This edited collection
04 Apr 2022
Tharoor provides a scathing criticism of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). While Tharoor is a member of the opposition,
28 Mar 2022
In The Invisibility Bargain: Governance, Networks and Human Security, Jeffrey Pugh focuses on Ecuador's immigration policies from 2000 to 2017.
28 Mar 2022
The world is still in a state of shock as it seeks to analyse and understand Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
22 Mar 2022
“Good international citizenship” (GIC) was a major theme in Gareth Evans’s role as Australia’s foreign minister and has also featured