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.

03 Feb 2023
The latest book by Richard Hanania examines American historic and contemporary foreign policy decisions through the lens of public choice
24 Jan 2023
It has recently become fashionable in Washington and other defence and foreign policy establishments to view China as eternally devious.
24 Jan 2023
Julia Margaret Zulver’s High-Risk Feminism in Colombia comes at just the right moment. Over the last decade, Latin America’s bottom-up
19 Jan 2023
The International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) safeguards system defends human civilisation. Trevor Findlay’s book casts new light on one of
19 Jan 2023
Michael Mandelbaum’s latest book takes readers through America’s rise from weak, settler-nation to hyper-power hegemon over the past 250 years.
09 Jan 2023
The United States is going through a profound transition to which there are only difficult and costly choices. In this
14 Dec 2022
Under the leadership of Abe Shinzo, Japan devised a grand strategy for managing China’s rising economic and military power. In
13 Dec 2022
Julia Gillard’s sexism and misogyny speech is now regarded as a defining moment in Australian political history. This book documents
08 Dec 2022
What explains the diversity in policy responses, actions, and narratives of great powers? In this timely analysis, the author examines
25 Nov 2022
James Cotton’s selection of key documents from Australia’s diplomatic history in the 1930s extensively details Australia’s historical commitment to principled
23 Nov 2022
Australia today is ideally positioned – geographically and civilizationally – to work between Asian-region societies and Western states in “updating”
18 Nov 2022
Following the recent 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), China will likely accelerate efforts to transform the