| The Shi'a of Lebanon R Shanahan The Shi'a of Lebanon, 1-272, 2005 | 172 | 2005 |
| Shi a political development in Iraq: the case of the Islamic Da wa Party R Shanahan Third World Quarterly 25 (5), 943-954, 2004 | 76 | 2004 |
| Iranian foreign policy under Rouhani R Shanahan Lowy Institute for International Policy, 2015 | 51 | 2015 |
| The Islamic Da'wa Party: Past Development and Future Prospects R Shanahan Middle East 8 (2), 17, 2004 | 29 | 2004 |
| Hizballah rising: The political battle for the loyalty of the Shi'a of Lebanon R Shanahan Middle East Review of International Affairs 9 (1), 1-6, 2005 | 28 | 2005 |
| The Shi'a of Lebanon: Clans R Shanahan Parties and Clerics (London and New York: Tauris Academic Studies, an …, 2005 | 24 | 2005 |
| Al-Qaeda, tribes and instability in Yemen S Phillips, R Shanahan Lowy Institute for International Policy, 2009 | 22 | 2009 |
| Typology of terror: The backgrounds of Australian jihadis R Shanahan Australasian Policing 12 (1), 32-38, 2020 | 18 | 2020 |
| Malaysia and Its Sh’ia ‘Problem’ R Shanahan Middle East Institute, 2014 | 15 | 2014 |
| Gulf States and Iran: Robust Competitors Or Interested Bystanders?. R Shanahan Lowy Institute for International Policy., 2022 | 14 | 2022 |
| Man Haron Monis and the Sydney Lindt café siege–Not a terrorist attack R Scott, R Shanahan Psychiatry, psychology and law 25 (6), 839-901, 2018 | 13 | 2018 |
| A Pyrrhic Victory? Hezbollah's Complex Post-War Environment R Shanahan Democracy and Security 4 (1), 34-47, 2008 | 10 | 2008 |
| Foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq: The day after L Khalil, R Shanahan Lowy Institute for International Policy, 2016 | 9 | 2016 |
| Sectarian Violence: the threat to Australia R Shanahan Crawford School of Public Policy, National Security College, Occasional Paper 7, 2014 | 9 | 2014 |
| Charities and terrorism: Lessons from the Syrian crisis R Shanahan Lowy Institute for International Policy, 2018 | 7 | 2018 |
| An idea in good currency: collaborative leadership in the national security community R Shanahan National Security College (ANU), 2011 | 7 | 2011 |
| Bad Moon Not Rising: The Myth of the Gulf Shi'a Crescent R Shanahan Lowy Institute for International Policy., 2022 | 6 | 2022 |
| Looking for leadership in the Arab Middle East R Shanahan Lowy Institute for International Policy, 2015 | 5 | 2015 |
| Arab spring or Lebanese summer R Shanahan The Interpreter, 2011 | 4 | 2011 |
| La lucha con Irán por el liderazgo regional: Siria y la guerra en Yemen como escenarios R Shanahan Vanguardia dossier, 76-81, 2016 | 3 | 2016 |
