Australian Institute of International Affairs - Publications

Publications

Australian Journal of International Affairs

Established in 1946 (as Australian Outlook) the Australian Journal of International Affairs (AJIA) is the journal of the Australian Institute of International Affairs and Australia's leading scholarly journal in this area.It is ranked 34 in 2008 ISI World Citation Rankings, with an ImpactFactor score of 0.482.

The AJIA is edited by Professor Andrew O'Neil. The journal is published four times a year by Routledge Taylor and Francis.

Australia in World Affairs

The Institute publishes the definitive series Australia in World Affairs on Australia's foreign policy. This book series has been published since the 1950s and is edited by James Cotton, and John Ravenhill.

The current issue Trading on Alliance Security, covering the years 2001-2005, charts the Howard government's response to a particularly demanding external environment, in an era when foreign policy issues had a significant impact on domestic electoral politics.

Policy Commentaries

The AIIA seeks to keep Australian citizens informed on international affairs through its events and publications which provide quick and targeted expert responses on current issues. Accordingly, the AIIA occasionally publishes policy commentaries. These include primary sources and expert opinions on a contested topic of current international affairs.

The AIIA's Policy Commentary published in June 2009 is entitled "Perspective on Pakistan" aiming to raise public awareness of the contemporary Pakistani issues. The Policy Commentary begins with two public statements; one is President Asif Ali Zardari's inauguration speech, and the other is statement by the Hon Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Foreign Affaris and Trade, addressing future relationship between Australia and Pakistan. Thereafter, three experts contribute essays. Ashutosh Misra, Research Fellow at Griffith University, explains democratisation in Pakistan, Happymon Jacob, Assistant Professor at the University of Jammu, discusses contemporary India-Pakistan relations from Indian perspective, and Salma Malik, Lecturer at the Quaid-i-Azam University, forecasts Pakistan-US relations under the Obama Administration.

Emerging Scholars

The AIIA launched a new Emerging Scholars series promoting the work of young researchers in international affairs in November 2007.

The Emerging Scholars series provides a unique opportunity for young researchers to influence debate in the community on a number of important issues. For the authors, it is a valuable opportunity to publish, often for the first time, and to reach an audience of their peers and elders, many of whom are experts in their fields.