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.

09 Jun 2017
Judging by the plethora of recent books and academic articles, the field of transitional justice scholarship is booming. A gradual
27 May 2017
Papua New Guinea rarely figures in public discussions about Australia’s defence and security planning. Australia’s policy tunnel vision focuses almost
21 May 2017
East Timor Intervention: A Retrospective on INTERFET, edited by John Blaxland, is an exemplary piece of work and recommended reading
16 May 2017
International relations experts and practitioners have tended to frame the responsibility to protect principle (R2P) as a radical departure from
08 May 2017
The title of James Curran’s new book, Fighting with America, is deliberately ambiguous. Australia has repeatedly fought alongside America but
30 Apr 2017
The notion of an Indo-Pacific region has now been circulating for at least half a decade. It first emerged in
24 Apr 2017
This book contributes meaningfully to a small but steadily growing body of literature that seeks to move away from the
17 Apr 2017
The development of the United States’ maritime strategy remains a source of enduring fascination for naval watchers. Peter D. Haynes’
03 Apr 2017
As an Australian focused on Latin America, I am frequently asked, “Why Latin America?” This edited book comes at a
27 Mar 2017
Regions are not some natural or objective outcome of geography. They are a social construct. The idea of a region
20 Mar 2017
Given Russia’s return to the world stage in the Caucasus, in Ukraine and in Syria, plus the allegations of involvement
12 Mar 2017
One of the many over-valued witticisms of Winston Churchill concerns the slice of Europe known as the Balkans: ‘The Balkans