Australian Foreign Affairs
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Australian Foreign Affairs is the country’s leading foreign affairs journal. In a world arguably less stable than at any time since World War II, it examines the most significant global issues affecting Australia.
Australian Foreign Affairs is produced by Schwartz Media. After more than forty years of publishing some of Australia’s most influential authors and journalists, Schwartz Media has a reputation for excellence.
The AFA journal is released three times a year and publishes some of Australia’s leading thinkers, including Paul Keating, Hugh White, Linda Jaivin, Allan Gyngell, Penny Wong, Margaret Simons, George Megalogenis, Michael Wesley, Kim Beazley, Linda Jakobson, Christos Tsiolkas and many more.
Latest Issue:
The next issue of Australian Foreign Affairs explores the costs, risks and potential benefits of Australia’s plan to buy, build and operate a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines.
"Lost at Sea" looks at the ways in which the AUKUS undertaking is set to reshape the nation’s military, economy, diplomacy and foreign relations, and at the consequences and alternatives if the project does not go according to plan.
Essays include:
- Sunk costs: The economics of AUKUS, by Saul Eslake
- Uncharted waters: Will AUKUS turn Australia into a regional power?, by Bec Strating
- Plan B: How to defend Australia without submarines, by David Kilcullen
- Deep dive: The case for AUKUS, by Peter Khalil
- The AUKUS treaties: What exactly did Australia sign up to?, by Yee-Fui Ng
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