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.

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
08 Jun 2015
Australia’s relationship with Japan is one of the longest, most important and trouble-free bilateral relationships since the Second World War.
01 Jun 2015
This clearly composed and well written study challenges those interested in the impact of regional organisations in the realisation of
25 May 2015
For those of us who laboured in the Canberra Press Gallery during the heady 80’s and attempted interviews with Gareth
18 May 2015
China’s Naval Power: an offensive realist approach provides a thoughtful analysis of one the most important strategic issues of our
12 May 2015
Any attempt to bridge the divide between scholars and policy-makers in international affairs is so welcome that I couldn't help but
04 May 2015
This is a timely publication. It notes Australia’s transition from a focus on multilateral trade liberalisation during the final quarter
28 Apr 2015
While serving as a young Israel Defence Force officer in Gaza in the 1970s, Ahron Bregman became acutely aware of
20 Apr 2015
My colleague Stephan Frühling has written a marvellous book on the vexed subject of how to handle the uncertainties that