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.

19 Feb 2017
November 2012 witnessed China’s second orderly succession of power, with Xi Jinping taking control of both the Chinese Communist Party
12 Feb 2017
For Desmond Ball, the completion of Power and International Relations: Essays in Honour of Coral Bell was a labour of love.
06 Feb 2017
One of the puzzles of Myanmar's political transition is the June 2011 collapse of the ceasefire that had been in
31 Jan 2017
How did terrorists get so tech-savvy? What is it about the Islamic State’s social media communication that managed to attract
22 Jan 2017
Does Asia dominate Australia’s economic future? Is China just for big business? Why are South Koreans eating so much Aussie
14 Jan 2017
No two countries have more at stake in the management of the US-China relationship than Australia and Japan. China is
27 Dec 2015
When Professor Derek McDougall wrote the first edition of this book in 2002, he lamented the relative under-development of the
21 Dec 2015
The discourse on the geopolitical and geoeconomic significance of BRICS has been polarised since Brazil, Russia, India and China met
14 Dec 2015
Speeches on foreign affairs often begin with the claim that we are living in a period of unprecedented change. Equally
07 Dec 2015
David Envall belongs to a new generation of Australian scholars specialising in the study of the political and international dynamics
30 Nov 2015
The multilateral trading system governed by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is in serious trouble. In this book, Rorden Wilkinson
23 Nov 2015
I first read this book in the warm humid climate of northern Queensland. As in Java, volcanic activity early in