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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
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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.

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 September 2026.

  1. 1
    The Big Picture: Towards an Independent Foreign Policy2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  2. 2
    Trump in Asia: The New World Disorder2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  3. 3
    Australia and Indonesia: Can We Be Friends?2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  4. 4
    Are We Asian Yet?: History vs Geography2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  5. 5
    Our Sphere of Influence: Rivalry in the Pacific2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  6. 6
    China Dependence: Australia's New Vulnerabilit2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  7. 7
    Can We Trust America?: A Superpower in Transition2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  8. 8
    Spy vs Spy: The New Age of Espionage2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  9. 9
    Friends, Allies and Enemies: Asia's Shifting Loyalties2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  10. 10
    The March of Autocracy: Australia's Fateful Choices2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  11. 11
    Feeling the Heat: Australia Under Climate Pressure2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  12. 12
    India Rising?: Asia's Huge Question2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  13. 13
    Our Unstable Neighbourhood: The Contest for South-East Asia2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  14. 14
    The Return of the West: Australia and the Changing World Order2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  15. 15
    Girt by China: Power play in the Pacific2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  16. 16
    We Need to Talk about America: An Alliance in Flux2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  17. 17
    New Domino Theory: Does China really want to attack Australia?2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  18. 18
    Dead in the Water: The AUKUS Delusion2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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  19. 19
    The Jakarta Option: Could Indonesia Ever Be An Ally?2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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  20. 20
    The Bad Guys: How to Deal With Our Liberal Friends2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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  21. 21
    Planet Australia: Escaping America's Orbit2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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  22. 22
    Tech Wars: China, America-and Australia's Options2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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  23. 23
    The Bomb: Will Asia Go Nuclear2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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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.

More books by Christos Tsiolkas

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.