Rodger Shanahan
Dr Rodger Shanahan has appeared as an expert witness in Australian terrorism cases and is the author of Islamic State in Australia. As an army officer, his operational experience included Lebanon, Syria and Afghanistan.
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Why did Israel choose 3.30pm on a weekday to detonate its explosive pagers?
With its explosive devices distributed to Hezbollah, Israel had the luxury of waiting for exactly the right moment to detonate them.
- by Rodger Shanahan
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Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Netanyahu’s disregard for hostage deaths is turning Israel against him
For some, the desire for revenge will never be satisfied. But with every death of a hostage or recovery of their remains, the number of Israelis believing there has been enough killing grows.
- by Rodger Shanahan
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Going to war isn’t making Israel safer. Its enemies have only grown in number
Tens of thousands have been killed and many more wounded in the bombing of Gaza. But when the guns eventually fall silent, the threat to Israel will remain.
- by Rodger Shanahan
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Payman’s exit tells a different story
Senator Fatima Payman’s resignation from the Labor Party is a symptom of the Middle East’s capacity to impose itself on Australian politics, no matter how distant it is.
- by Rodger Shanahan
Opinion
McBride trial
David McBride is not a whistleblower or a hero. He is a man convinced of his own opinion
One person’s whistleblower can be another person’s thief, or even traitor. And so it is with the McBride case.
- by Rodger Shanahan
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
A clearly marked convoy, an Australian aid worker. Israel has exposed its disregard to the world
Israel can launch a highly precise strike against sensitive targets and minimise civilian casualties. But in Gaza, Israel’s military is far less clean, far less precise. Indeed, far less disciplined.
- by Rodger Shanahan
Opinion
Islamic State
Thought Islamic State had been destroyed? Think again
Islamic State blazed its way back into world attention over the weekend after claiming responsibility for the horrific attack on a concert hall in Moscow.
- by Rodger Shanahan
Opinion
Middle East tensions
As Biden warns of wider conflict, Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’ plays with fire
US President Joe Biden has warned the Israel-Hamas war is metastasising into a broader conflict as Iran, Yemen and Lebanon increase their involvement.
- by Rodger Shanahan
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Netanyahu isn’t destroying Hamas – he’s making it stronger
At heart, Benjamin Netanyahu is a survivor, a political tactician. But he is not a strategist and far from being a statesman. And therein lies the conundrum.
- by Rodger Shanahan
Opinion
National security
A terrorist threat? Possibly, but Benbrika was rightly freed
For Australia, our greater liberty – not only Benbrika’s – is at stake.
- by Rodger Shanahan
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Will the Gaza war spread through the Middle East? Hezbollah has the answer
While the lethal Lebanese force is helping Hamas with rockets from the north, it will be wary about provoking Israel’s unbridled wrath.
- by Rodger Shanahan
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