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.

14 Oct 2022
As Australia’s new government attempts to reset the country’s troubled relationship with China, James Curran’s new book reminds us that
26 Sep 2022
Nicholas Mulder explores the historical use of economic sanctions. He uncovers how this coercive wartime tool was turned into a
21 Sep 2022
Terrorist organisations need money to carry out their activities. Jessica Davis uncovers the many ways terrorist organisations procure and protect
15 Sep 2022
The CCP now has both the capability and intent to compete in and win geostrategic contests. The more contested strategic
05 Sep 2022
David Horner’s account of Australia’s management of its wars between 1914 and 2003 surveys the big decisions involved. It covers
30 Aug 2022
The divide between Republicans and Democrats is widely seen as the most fundamental one in contemporary American politics. Yanna Krupnikov
17 Aug 2022
Fiona Hill fears that American politics will head in a Russian-style authoritarian direction unless it can restore the infrastructure of
27 Jul 2022
Rahul Sagar’s To Raise A Fallen People: How Nineteenth-Century Indians Saw Their World and Shaped Ours provides a window into
21 Jul 2022
We are currently living in a new era, that of the strongman, according to Gideon Rachman. And this era arguably
18 Jul 2022
The sharing of power between popes and kings was a longstanding feature of Western European politics. Professor Bruce Bueno de
06 Jul 2022
When God Stops Fighting: How Religious Violence Ends is the culmination of three decades of research from one of the
29 Jun 2022
Borne out of her gruelling experience of living in Iranian prisons for two years comes a compelling memoir where Dr