Publications

Our publications are the most important means of contact between the Centre's ideas and its general readership. Since 1976, The Centre for Independent Studies has produced some of the most authoritative publications in Australasian academia. From the influential Lands of Shame to the authoritative Will China Fail? CIS has published hundreds of publications covering topics from the social policy to legal affairs to religion and education.
In addition to books, the CIS publishes a range of shorter publications: Issue Analyses deal with controversial and current issues and Policy Mongraphs investigate and offer policy solutions. Since 1984, Policy magazine has published feature articles and reviews authored by some of the foremost national and international thinkers on public policy and ideas. The quality of writing and the diversity of topics in Policy ensure its status as a 'must read' by leading politicans, businesspeople and academics.
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All China Publications
Future Submarine Project Should Raise Periscope for Another Look
Australia should not spend $40 billion to repeat the mistakes of the Collins Class submarine. Nuclear submarines, such as...
Southeast Asia’s American Embrace
All Southeast Asian states want to take advantage of the benefits of a rising China, yet none wants it to be in a position...
INTERVIEW: Australia and the Rise of China
Paul Monk tells Sergei DeSilva-Ranasinghe that China's rise could require tough decisions about accommodating or resisting...
After the Wall – Reflections on the Legacy of 1989
When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, it marked the end of the Cold War and of Eastern European communism. Two decades on, The...
BOOK REVIEW: When China Rules the World: The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World
When China Rules the World: The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World by Martin Jacques (Allen Lane,...
FEATURE: The Geo-Political Shape of Asia in 2020
Despite China's current rise, the strategic environment in Asia is changing more slowly than many believe.
The Fantasy of Taming China’s Rise
In The Fantasy of Taming China’s Rise, Dr John Lee, CIS Foreign Policy Research Fellow, argues that the belief that China...
FEATURE: Is China Really an 'East Asian Success Story'?
State-controlled investment in China provides poor financial returns.
Will China Fail: The Limits and Contradictions of Market Socialism 2nd Edition
With the onset of the global economic crisis, China remains one of the only major economies likely to avoid recession. Released...
BOOK REVIEW: Marketing Dictatorship: Propaganda and Thought Work In Contemporary China
Marketing Dictatorship: Propaganda and Thought Work in Contemporary China by Anne-Marie Brady (Rowman & Littlefield,...
China’s Insecurity and Search for Power
Although China feels vulnerable now, there is no doubt that it intends to eventually supersede American power and influence...
BOOK REVIEW: Rivals: How the Power Struggle Between China, India and Japan Will Shape Our Next Decade
Rivals: How The Power Struggle Between China, India and Japan Will Shape Our Next Decade by Bill Emmott (Allen Lane, 2008).
Putting Democracy in China on Hold
Since the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest, China has moved closer to a market economy but further away from a democratic state....
FEATURE: The False Promise of 'Market Socialism' in China
Despite the hype, China is not evolving into a 'successful dictatorship'.
FEATURE: Australia's Position in Asia: Closer Than Ever
John Howards' Government has improved Australia's relations with Asian countries.
REVIEW ESSAY: Mao- The Abhorrent Tyrant and How His Economic Legacy Has Been Overcome
Mao, The Unknown Story by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday (Jonathan Cape, 2005).
BOOK REVIEW: China's Future
China's Future: Constructive Partner or Emerging Threat by Ted Galen Carpenter and James A. Dorn (Cato Institute, 2000.)
BOOK NOTES: The Family: There Is No Other Way
The Family: There Is No Other Way edited by Bill Muehlenberg, Joseph Santamaria, Peter Westmore and Mary Helen Woods (Australian...
FEATURE: Singapore and 'Asian Values'
The price of Asian authoritarianism.
NOTES & COMMENTS: Private Property Rights and Economic Growth
The Case of Rural China 1979-87.
BOOK REVIEW: The Persistence of Inequality
Egalitarianism and the Generation of Inequality by Henry Phelps Brown (Clarendon Press, 1988.)