The executive branch, especially the president, dominates the creation of US foreign policy. While it is true that such a view, if taken to extreme, lacks nuance and borders on becoming a caricature of American foreign policy, Ashok Sharma’s 'Indian Lobbying and its Influence in US Decision Making' avoids caricature in explaining the emergence of US policies towards India.  

Russia’s aggression against Georgia and Ukraine as well as its reluctance to resolve the frozen conflicts in the region demonstrate that Eastern Europe […]

There is no doubt that the appearance of the latest edited volume by Peter J. Dean, Stephan Frühling and Brendan Taylor, Australia’s American […]

If we’d had a competition for the most admired voice in Australian broadcasting, certainly the most distinctive, chances are the late Mark Colvin […]

Professor William Maley’s book, What is a Refugee? seeks to contribute to the knowledge of the general reader about the complexity of refugee issues. […]

Judging by the plethora of recent books and academic articles, the field of transitional justice scholarship is booming. A gradual broadening of the […]

Papua New Guinea rarely figures in public discussions about Australia’s defence and security planning. Australia’s policy tunnel vision focuses almost exclusively on the […]

East Timor Intervention: A Retrospective on INTERFET, edited by John Blaxland, is an exemplary piece of work and recommended reading for anyone interested […]

International relations experts and practitioners have tended to frame the responsibility to protect principle (R2P) as a radical departure from a long history […]

The title of James Curran’s new book, Fighting with America, is deliberately ambiguous. Australia has repeatedly fought alongside America but Australia has also […]