Australian Foreign Affairs Books in Order
Australian Foreign Affairs by Christos Tsiolkas contains 23 books, published between 2017 and 2025. The first book is The Big Picture: Towards an Independent Foreign Policy (2017) and the newest is The Bomb: Will Asia Go Nuclear (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 23
- Published
- 2017–2025
Australian Foreign Affairs is a run of 23 volumes on Australia's foreign policy, listed in the catalogue under Christos Tsiolkas. The first, The Big Picture: Towards an Independent Foreign Policy, came out in 2017. Later issues examine Indonesia, dependence on China, rivalry in the Pacific, espionage and trust in America as a superpower. The Bomb: Will Asia Go Nuclear (2025) is the newest, and the series continues.
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How many Australian Foreign Affairs books are there?
Australian Foreign Affairs has 23 books, released between 2017 and 2025.
Australian Foreign Affairs Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 23 Australian Foreign Affairs books in the order they were published, with the release year and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of November 2026.
- 1The Big Picture: Towards an Independent Foreign Policy2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 2Trump in Asia: The New World Disorder2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 3Australia and Indonesia: Can We Be Friends?2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 4Are We Asian Yet?: History vs Geography2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 5Our Sphere of Influence: Rivalry in the Pacific2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 6China Dependence: Australia's New Vulnerabilit2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 7Can We Trust America?: A Superpower in Transition2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 8Spy vs Spy: The New Age of Espionage2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 9Friends, Allies and Enemies: Asia's Shifting Loyalties2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 10The March of Autocracy: Australia's Fateful Choices2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 11Feeling the Heat: Australia Under Climate Pressure2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 12India Rising?: Asia's Huge Question2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 13Our Unstable Neighbourhood: The Contest for South-East Asia2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 14The Return of the West: Australia and the Changing World Order2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 15Girt by China: Power play in the Pacific2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 16We Need to Talk about America: An Alliance in Flux2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 17New Domino Theory: Does China really want to attack Australia?2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 18Dead in the Water: The AUKUS Delusion2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 19The Jakarta Option: Could Indonesia Ever Be An Ally?2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 20The Bad Guys: How to Deal With Our Liberal Friends2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 21Planet Australia: Escaping America's Orbit2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
- 22Tech Wars: China, America-and Australia's Options2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
- 23The Bomb: Will Asia Go Nuclear2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
Is there a chronological order for Australian Foreign Affairs?
No separate chronological order is on record for Australian Foreign Affairs, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.
Do you have to read Australian Foreign Affairs books in order?
You should read the Australian Foreign Affairs books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Australian Foreign Affairs book also stands alone.
Where to start with Australian Foreign Affairs
Start with The Big Picture: Towards an Independent Foreign Policy (2017), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Australian Foreign Affairs book?
The Bomb: Will Asia Go Nuclear (2025) is the newest Australian Foreign Affairs book released so far.
Is there a new Australian Foreign Affairs book coming?
No next Australian Foreign Affairs book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Australian Foreign Affairs at a glance
- Still running
- Australian Foreign Affairs is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Australian Foreign Affairs books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Busiest decade
- Most Australian Foreign Affairs books, 17 of 23, were published in the 2020s.
When Australian Foreign Affairs books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Australian Foreign Affairs titles appeared. 2020s was the most productive decade with 17 titles.
23 books total across 2 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.