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.

29 Sep 2015
On the basis of experience and ability, Paul Hasluck should have been one of Australia’s greatest foreign ministers. Before he
22 Sep 2015
Since the United Kingdom joined the European Communities in 1973, successive prime ministers have sought to make the relationship one
17 Aug 2015
Reviewing an edited book is a unique challenge as it involves critiquing the work not of one scholar but of
11 Aug 2015
The author is a former American diplomat who has written a useful technical book on his guild. Written at a
06 Aug 2015
Australian foreign policy studies seems to be a field undergoing a mini-decline these days. Looking around our universities and think
28 Jul 2015
TAKING ON THE MURDOCHS – THE DYNASTY TEETERS The name of Milly Dowler will always remain as a catalyst in
20 Jul 2015
Historian of Australian foreign policy and India expert, Meg Gurry provides an engaging account of the ebb and flow of
15 Jul 2015
David Kilcullen’s third book, ‘Out of the Mountains – The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla’ adds significantly to the
06 Jul 2015
  Scholarship on North Korea tends to be done, mostly, by seasoned journalists and members of the diplomatic community, speaking
29 Jun 2015
Will China dominate the 21st century? Jonathan Fenby, prolific author and long-term China-watcher, responds with an emphatic 'no'. In his
22 Jun 2015
For most, it would be no long stretch of the imagination to conceive of transformational change as non-linear and contestable. 
15 Jun 2015
  Long after the dust of catastrophic events has settled and the reports are written, historians come to pick through