The book "Statistical Network Analysis: Models, Issues, and New Directions" offers a comprehensive examination of the developments in the field of network models that have been advanced by various disciplines over the past few decades. It is based on the ideas and work presented during a workshop at ICML 2006. The authors, including Anna Goldenberg, aim to promote an interdisciplinary dialogue to unite different perspectives and methods. The publication highlights the progress made by sociologists and statisticians in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as the later contributions from physicists and computer scientists who introduced new models and approaches to the analysis of complex networks. With a focus on exponential random graph models and related methods, the book provides valuable insights into the challenges and future directions of network research.