Dr Rodger Shanahan

Dr Rodger Shanahan
Biography
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Dr Rodger Shanahan is a former Nonresident Fellow at the Lowy Institute.

A former army officer, he had extensive service within the Parachute Battalion Group (PBG) and has had operational service with the UN in South Lebanon and Syria, with the PBG in East Timor, in Beirut during the 2006 war, and in Afghanistan. He was the former director of the Army's Land Warfare Studies Centre, and has also been posted to the Australian Embassies in Riyadh and Abu Dhabi. Dr Shanahan has MAs in International Relations and Middle East Studies from the ANU, and a PhD in Arab and Islamic Studies from the University of Sydney.

He is also a part-time member of the Refugee Review Tribunal.  He has written numerous journal, media and policy articles, is a frequent commentator on Middle East issues for Australian and international media, has appeared as an expert witness for several terrorism trials in Australia and is the author of Clans, Parties and Clerics: the Shi’a of Lebanon.

How will Iran respond against ISIS?
How will Iran respond against ISIS?
Will the attack prompt a greater direct role by Iran against ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria? Or will it prompt a response targeted at the interests of regional states?
Trump's hollow strategy in the Middle East
Commentary
Trump's hollow strategy in the Middle East
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review (Photo: Flickr/The White House) Rodger Shanahan
Denying terrorists freedom of association
Denying terrorists freedom of association
A broader use of Australia’s ‘declared areas’ legislation should be considered.
Iranian politics nothing if not opaque
Iranian politics nothing if not opaque
One should also be wary of using the result to forecast Iranian policy direction given the circumscribed powers of the president.
Iran's growing security problem
Iran's growing security problem
Washington has repeatedly signalled to Tehran that the days of the Obama détente are a thing of the past.
Syrian safe zones: Not there yet
Syrian safe zones: Not there yet
On the one hand any agreement that brings relief to Syria's civilians should be supported. But the lack of trust between sides has not disappeared.
Finding the right balance: Terrorism financing offences, charitable donations and aid
Finding the right balance: Terrorism financing offences, charitable donations and aid
Islamist terrorism: The true measure of the threat
Islamist terrorism: The true measure of the threat
The trap is to mistakenly conflate the threat of death from terrorism with the threat from terrorism.
Anzac Day: Remembering the soldiers on unexpected battlefields
Anzac Day: Remembering the soldiers on unexpected battlefields
On Anzac Day it is worth spending just a little time thinking about the tasks we may call on our present and future service members to perform.
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