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 Jul 2019
Hugh White should be praised for getting Australians to think the unthinkable and alerting them to our deteriorating strategic situation,
01 Jun 2019
David Walker’s latest book is masterfully written and also makes some interesting choices about what it does or doesn’t include.
28 May 2019
Has Francis Fukuyama once again provided the key to making sense of the confusion going on around us, including in
20 May 2019
In Thai Military Power: A Culture of Strategic Accommodation, Greg Raymond outlines the historical context and strategic thinking behind Thailand’s
04 May 2019
In Eric Drummond and his Legacies: The League of Nations and the Beginnings of Global Governance, David Macfadyen, Michael DV
28 Apr 2019
Benjamin Isakhan, Shamiran Mako and Fadi Dawood’s edited collection State and Society in Iraq: Citizenship Under Occupation, Dictatorship and Democratisation
24 Apr 2019
Alyssa Ayres’ Our Time Has Come: How India is Making its Place in the World is an ambitious, evidence-packed and
14 Apr 2019
Eileen Chanin’s Capital Designs: Australia House and Visions of an Imperial London is a meticulously researched and illustrated account of
08 Apr 2019
In Bapak Angkatan Udara: Suryadi Suryadarma, Adityawarman Suryadarma gives a biographical account of his father’s life and career as the
31 Mar 2019
Kenneth B Pyle’s Japan in the American Century taps the author’s extensive knowledge of Japanese history to deliver an in-depth
09 Mar 2019
Brendan Taylor’s The Four Flashpoints: How Asia Goes to War is a model of policy-engaged scholarship that should be required
27 Feb 2019
In Rise and Resist, Clare Press takes a look at the developments in 21st-century democracy. She explores the new counterculture