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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.

Hard copies of our publications are available for purchase through the bookstore. Many of the smaller publications are also available for download.

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All South Asia Publications

  • Future Submarine Project Should Raise Periscope for Another Look

    Simon Cowan | 24 Oct 2012 | Policy Monographs

    Australia should not spend $40 billion to repeat the mistakes of the Collins Class submarine. Nuclear submarines, such as...

  • BOOK REVIEW: Rivals: How the Power Struggle Between China, India and Japan Will Shape Our Next Decade

    Eric Jones | 15 Sep 2008 | POLICY Magazine

    Rivals: How The Power Struggle Between China, India and Japan Will Shape Our Next Decade by Bill Emmott (Allen Lane, 2008).

  • Australia and the Future of Nuclear Deterrence

    Robyn Lim | 01 Mar 2007 | Issue Analysis

    Strategic developments in North Asia are being driven by North Korea’s dangerous missile and nuclear brinkmanship, as well...

  • INTERVIEW: Jihad In The Near North

    Dominic Rolfe | 12 Dec 2006 | POLICY Magazine

    Dominic Rolfe talks to Sidney Jones about Islamist movements in Indonesia and other south-east Asian countries.

  • FEATURE: Australia's Position in Asia: Closer Than Ever

    Andrew Robertson | 07 Jul 2006 | POLICY Magazine

    John Howards' Government has improved Australia's relations with Asian countries.

  • BOOK REVIEW: The Geopolitics of East Asia: The Search for Equilibrium

    Neil James | 03 Mar 2005 | POLICY Magazine

    The Geopolitics of East Asia: The Search for Equilibrium by Robyn Lim (Routledge, 2003).

  • Papua New Guinea on the Brink

    Susan Windybank | 12 Mar 2003 | Issue Analysis

    Papua New Guinea shows every sign of following its Melanesian neighbour, the Solomon Islands, down the path to economic decline,...

  • BOOK REVIEW: Recreating Asia: Visions For a New Century

    Wolfgang Kasper | 03 Mar 2003 | POLICY Magazine

    Recreating Asia: Visions for a New Century: by Frank-Jurgen Richter and Pamela C.M. Mar (John Wiley, 2002).

  • REVIEW: Are Industry Innovations Discovered In Summits Or In Valleys?

    Wolfgang Kasper | 03 Mar 2000 | POLICY Magazine

    Encouraging Knowledge-Intensive Industries: What Australia Can Draw From the Industrial Upgrading Experiences of Taiwan and...

  • FEATURE: Civil Society and Development: The Missing Link

    Hadi Soesastro | 09 Sep 1999 | POLICY Magazine

    Societies in East Asia are in a process of democratisation. The process of democratic consolidation and the nature of democracy...

  • BOOK REVIEW: Tigers: Leaders of the New Asia-Pacific

    Andre Stein | 09 Sep 1997 | POLICY Magazine

    Tigers: Leaders of the New Asia Pacific by Greg Sheridan (Allen & Unwin, 1997.)

  • FEATURE: Matches Played Under Rafferty's Rules

    Roger Clarke | 03 Mar 1994 | POLICY Magazine

    Data matching has been an expensive failure.

  • FEATURE: East Asian Dynamism and Pacific Cooperation

    Ippei Yamazawa | 06 Jun 1993 | POLICY Magazine

    Fading prospects for a successful conclusion to the GATT Uruguay Round are directing attention to regional trading arrangements....

  • BOOK REVIEW: Military Politics in the Asia-Pacific Region

    Henry Albinski | 03 Mar 1993 | POLICY Magazine

    The Military, the State and Development in Asia and the Pacific edited by Viberto Selochan (Westview, Boulder, San Francisco...

  • FEATURE: Japanese Investment: Their Money, Our Terms

    Wolfgang Kasper | 09 Sep 1989 | POLICY Magazine

    Rising levels of Japanese investment in Australian land and industry have generated fears that Australia is becoming a Japanese...