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Israel may soon learn occupation and devastation are no guarantee of security

Israel may soon learn occupation and devastation are no guarantee of security

Militaries are rarely good occupiers. Time and demographics usually wear down the occupying power, and the reasons why occupation initially made sense...

yesterday 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rodger Shanahan

Israel may soon learn occupation and devastation are no guarantee of security

Israel may soon learn occupation and devastation are no guarantee of security

Militaries are rarely good occupiers. Time and demographics usually wear down the occupying power, and the reasons why occupation initially made sense...

yesterday 10

Brisbane Times

Rodger Shanahan

Israel may soon learn occupation and devastation are no guarantee of security

Israel may soon learn occupation and devastation are no guarantee of security

Militaries are rarely good occupiers. Time and demographics usually wear down the occupying power, and the reasons why occupation initially made sense...

yesterday 10

WA Today

Rodger Shanahan

Israel may soon learn occupation and devastation are no guarantee of security

Israel may soon learn occupation and devastation are no guarantee of security

Militaries are rarely good occupiers. Time and demographics usually wear down the occupying power, and the reasons why occupation initially made sense...

yesterday 20

The Age

Rodger Shanahan

Trump chose to go it alone against Iran. Now he’s learning the value of friends

Trump gave a grab-bag of aims for starting the war. Now he has the additional problem of simply guaranteeing freedom of passage for the world’s...

02.09.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rodger Shanahan

Trump chose to go it alone against Iran. Now he’s learning the value of friends

Trump gave a grab-bag of aims for starting the war. Now he has the additional problem of simply guaranteeing freedom of passage for the world’s...

02.09.2026 20

The Age

Rodger Shanahan

Trump chose to go it alone against Iran. Now he’s learning the value of friends

Trump gave a grab-bag of aims for starting the war. Now he has the additional problem of simply guaranteeing freedom of passage for the world’s...

02.09.2026 20

WA Today

Rodger Shanahan

Trump chose to go it alone against Iran. Now he’s learning the value of friends

Trump gave a grab-bag of aims for starting the war. Now he has the additional problem of simply guaranteeing freedom of passage for the world’s...

02.09.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Rodger Shanahan

Trump’s ‘short war’ is spiralling out of control. His personal failings were the trigger

Before initiating a war, you must understand why and what you want to achieve. Trump didn’t, and his actions are leading to a less stable Middle...

02.08.2026 50

WA Today

Rodger Shanahan

Trump’s ‘short war’ is spiralling out of control. His personal failings were the trigger

Before initiating a war, you must understand why and what you want to achieve. Trump didn’t, and his actions are leading to a less stable Middle...

02.08.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Rodger Shanahan

Trump’s ‘short war’ is spiralling out of control. His personal failings were the trigger

Before initiating a war, you must understand why and what you want to achieve. Trump didn’t, and his actions are leading to a less stable Middle...

02.08.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rodger Shanahan

Trump’s ‘short war’ is spiralling out of control. His personal failings were the trigger

Before initiating a war, you must understand why and what you want to achieve. Trump didn’t, and his actions are leading to a less stable Middle...

02.08.2026 40

The Age

Rodger Shanahan

How an assassination by Trump and Netanyahu became a victory for their enemy

The US and Israel thought the killing of Khamenei would trigger a democratic uprising. Instead, it brought about a generational change for Iran and...

12.07.2026 30

WA Today

Rodger Shanahan

How an assassination by Trump and Netanyahu became a victory for their enemy

The US and Israel thought the killing of Khamenei would trigger a democratic uprising. Instead, it brought about a generational change for Iran and...

12.07.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rodger Shanahan

How an assassination by Trump and Netanyahu became a victory for their enemy

The US and Israel thought the killing of Khamenei would trigger a democratic uprising. Instead, it brought about a generational change for Iran and...

12.07.2026 30

The Age

Rodger Shanahan

How an assassination by Trump and Netanyahu became a victory for their enemy

The US and Israel thought the killing of Khamenei would trigger a democratic uprising. Instead, it brought about a generational change for Iran and...

12.07.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Rodger Shanahan

Trump boasts about the art of the deal. He knows nothing about the art of war

Donald Trump has no military experience, favours unilateralism and loves technology but is incurious. It is a dangerous combination when dealing with...

17.06.2026 30

The Age

Rodger Shanahan

Trump boasts about the art of the deal. He knows nothing about the art of war

Donald Trump has no military experience, favours unilateralism and loves technology but is incurious. It is a dangerous combination when dealing with...

17.06.2026 40

WA Today

Rodger Shanahan

Trump boasts about the art of the deal. He knows nothing about the art of war

Donald Trump has no military experience, favours unilateralism and loves technology but is incurious. It is a dangerous combination when dealing with...

17.06.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rodger Shanahan

Trump boasts about the art of the deal. He knows nothing about the art of war

Donald Trump has no military experience, favours unilateralism and loves technology but is incurious. It is a dangerous combination when dealing with...

17.06.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Rodger Shanahan

Trump tried to cut the head off the Iran snake but it keeps biting him

The United States and Israel are paying the price for misunderstanding the nature of the Iranian regime and its society more broadly.

06.04.2026 50

WA Today

Rodger Shanahan

Trump tried to cut the head off the Iran snake but it keeps biting him

The United States and Israel are paying the price for misunderstanding the nature of the Iranian regime and its society more broadly.

06.04.2026 60

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rodger Shanahan

Trump tried to cut the head off the Iran snake but it keeps biting him

The United States and Israel are paying the price for misunderstanding the nature of the Iranian regime and its society more broadly.

06.04.2026 50

The Age

Rodger Shanahan

Trump tried to cut the head off the Iran snake but it keeps biting him

The United States and Israel are paying the price for misunderstanding the nature of the Iranian regime and its society more broadly.

06.04.2026 40

Brisbane Times

Rodger Shanahan

Trump and Netanyahu have formed a convenient coalition. Behind it are clear divisions

Tel Aviv is pursuing its own agenda in attacks against Iran, and Washington’s denials about their actions are not plausible.

22.03.2026 60

WA Today

Rodger Shanahan

Trump and Netanyahu have formed a convenient coalition. Behind it are clear divisions

Tel Aviv is pursuing its own agenda in attacks against Iran, and Washington’s denials about their actions are not plausible.

22.03.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rodger Shanahan

Trump and Netanyahu have formed a convenient coalition. Behind it are clear divisions

Tel Aviv is pursuing its own agenda in attacks against Iran, and Washington’s denials about their actions are not plausible.

22.03.2026 60

The Age

Rodger Shanahan

Trump and Netanyahu have formed a convenient coalition. Behind it are clear divisions

Tel Aviv is pursuing its own agenda in attacks against Iran, and Washington’s denials about their actions are not plausible.

22.03.2026 50

Brisbane Times

Rodger Shanahan

Trump killed Iran’s leader. It’s doubtful he has ideas beyond that

Trump has sent a call to arms for the Iranian people to rise up against an unpopular regime. But that regime has thrived on the idea of resistance...

01.03.2026 60

WA Today

Rodger Shanahan

Trump killed Iran’s leader. It’s doubtful he has ideas beyond that

Trump has sent a call to arms for the Iranian people to rise up against an unpopular regime. But that regime has thrived on the idea of resistance...

01.03.2026 60

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rodger Shanahan

Trump killed Iran’s leader. It’s doubtful he has ideas beyond that

Trump has sent a call to arms for the Iranian people to rise up against an unpopular regime. But that regime has thrived on the idea of resistance...

01.03.2026 60

The Age

Rodger Shanahan

Trump killed Iran’s leader. It’s doubtful he has ideas beyond that

Trump has sent a call to arms for the Iranian people to rise up against an unpopular regime. But that regime has thrived on the idea of resistance...

01.03.2026 60

Brisbane Times

Rodger Shanahan

We don’t know what the US and Israel’s idea of change in Iran means

There is no doubt that the Iranian people want and deserve political change. But whether that is likely to be achieved through airstrikes is...

01.03.2026 60

Financial Review

Rodger Shanahan

Why women were essential to Islamic State’s caliphate

21.02.2026 100

The Australian

Rodger Shanahan

Australian ISIS detainees a toxic issue no one wants to face

16.02.2026 40

The Australian

Rodger Shanahan

Islamic State never left, its followers just stayed low

02.01.2026 50

The Australian

Rodger Shanahan

Labor damned by subterfuge on ISIS brides’ repatriation

04.12.2025 60

The Australian

Rodger Shanahan

Hamas moves to re-establish brutal primacy in Gaza

14.10.2025 50

The Australian

Rodger Shanahan

Why Hamas still holds Gaza hostage

Once the fighting in Gaza has concluded, it will be interesting to see how engaged with the Palestinian issue the government remains.

13.10.2025 60

Financial Review

Rodger Shanahan

The questions the PM refuses to answer on returning ISIS brides

09.10.2025 60

The Australian

Rodger Shanahan

How Trump made Gaza about Trump

It won’t take Trump long to tire of the difficulties that the Gazan situation poses. He’ll be even less interested if he doesn’t bag the Nobel...

30.09.2025 60

Financial Review

Rodger Shanahan

The Iran security crisis has brought the Middle East conflict to our shores

Was Iran’s motivation to undermine Australian social cohesion, or did Tehran simply see an opportunity to target Jewish interests.

27.08.2025 40

WA Today

Rodger Shanahan

The Iran security crisis has brought the Middle East conflict to our shores

Was Iran’s motivation to undermine Australian social cohesion, or did Tehran simply see an opportunity to target Jewish interests.

27.08.2025 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rodger Shanahan

The Iran security crisis has brought the Middle East conflict to our shores

Was Iran’s motivation to undermine Australian social cohesion, or did Tehran simply see an opportunity to target Jewish interests.

27.08.2025 40

The Age

Rodger Shanahan

The Iran security crisis has brought the Middle East conflict to our shores

Was Iran’s motivation to undermine Australian social cohesion, or did Tehran simply see an opportunity to target Jewish interests.

27.08.2025 50

Brisbane Times

Rodger Shanahan

Palestinian recognition may be premature, but Albanese had no choice

With no Israeli or US plan for the aftermath in Gaza, it was up to the international community to step in to advance the peace process.

12.08.2025 40

Financial Review

Rodger Shanahan

Netanyahu never had a plan for when the fighting stops. So how can the war end?

Israel’s lack of a genuine strategy for peace has helped some of its old Western friends, including Australia, to see the Palestine question with...

08.08.2025 40

WA Today

Rodger Shanahan

Netanyahu never had a plan for when the fighting stops. So how can the war end?

Israel’s lack of a genuine strategy for peace has helped some of its old Western friends, including Australia, to see the Palestine question with...

08.08.2025 60

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rodger Shanahan

Netanyahu never had a plan for when the fighting stops. So how can the war end?

Israel’s lack of a genuine strategy for peace has helped some of its old Western friends, including Australia, to see the Palestine question with...

08.08.2025 50

The Age

Rodger Shanahan

Netanyahu never had a plan for when the fighting stops. So how can the war end?

Israel’s lack of a genuine strategy for peace has helped some of its old Western friends, including Australia, to see the Palestine question with...

08.08.2025 40

Brisbane Times

Rodger Shanahan