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.

02 Aug 2024
Helen Fry's book sheds light on the untold stories of women who defied barriers to excel in intelligence roles during
25 Jul 2024
The book deals with “The China-Australia Migration Corridor,” the largest and longest established of China-Australia flows. It provides valuable information
16 Jul 2024
Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s recent book gives readers insight into his Christian evangelical thinking. However, outside of AUKUS and
12 Jul 2024
The Obama administration’s Pivot to Asia was the right idea at the right time, according to a new book by
04 Jul 2024
The Iraqi Ba’ath regime’s murderous attacks on Kurdish populations in the 1970s and 1980s had ongoing impacts on Kurds in
18 Jun 2024
As it is with all legends, the more distant the memory, the greater the reverence and the sketchier the details.
05 Jun 2024
Nabila Ramdani's Fixing France explores the paradox of a nation that claims to be egalitarian yet is profoundly divided along
28 May 2024
Eastern Europe's transformation since the fall of the Berlin Wall still highlights deep East-West divides. Till Hilmar's book explores how
23 May 2024
Freudenberg published “At What Cost” in 2021, documenting the exponential rise of corporate control of the health economy, and cataloguing
22 May 2024
On the fortieth anniversary of the ANZUS alliance, Coral Bell reflected on its significance for Australia in 1991 and the
17 May 2024
Niki Alsford’s recent book, “Taiwan Lives,” explores how the Taiwanese people have transformed their home, a product of settler colonialism,
09 May 2024
In their interesting, carefully crafted book on the problems facing liberal international order, Peter Trubowitz and Brian Burgoon argue that,