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.

Will Asia go nuclear?

This issue of Australian Foreign Affairs explores the prospect of countries in Asia starting to develop nuclear weapons as the region’s changing balance of power poses new questions about their future security.

As anxieties grow about the reliability of the United States as a partner, The Bomb looks at the possibility of a nuclear arms race breaking out in Asia that would likely start with South Korea, and then Japan, and would leave countries such as Australia contemplating previously unthinkable options.  

Essays include: