Television


The Drum, ABC, 26th April 2016

Host: Julia Baird Panel: Peter Lewis, Annabel Crabb, Denis Dragovic


The Drum, ABC, 23rd March 2016

Host: Julia Baird Panel: Tom Switzer, Greg Sheridan, Feyi Akindoyeni and Denis Dragovic.


Bloomberg TV, 23rd March 2016

Denis Dragovic discusses the terrorist attacks in Brussels with Bloomberg's Angie Lau on "First Up.


Sky News, 17th November 2015

Why attacking Islamic State with guns blazing is not the right approach


Bloomberg TV, 16th November 2015

Discusses the attacks in Paris with Bloomberg's Rishaad Salamat on "Trending Business."


Sky News, 3rd August 2015

Stan Grant, Reporting LIVE


TV New Zealand, 29 June 2015

ISIS: Four letters synonymous with terror, violence and bloodshed


Note: Having started a new role with the Federal Government I have limited my public commentary as of June 2016.

Opinion Pieces


Missile strikes are the easy part. What happens next is harder, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 April 2018


​Is Islam compatible with Australian values? Spectator Australia, 24 Oct 2016


Wyatt Roy’s trip to Iraq was nothing short of irresponsible, The Conversation, 3rd Oct 2016


Federal election 2016: church should focus on its flock, The Australian, 23rd May 2016

​Recognising Cultural Differences is Not Racism, The Age, 28th March 2016

​We must fight the ideology behind political Islamism, The Age, 23rd March 2016

​To Defeat IS We Must Get Inside Their Heads, Herald Sun, 29th February 2016


Send in the troops and IS will be strengthened, Herald Sun, 16 November, 2015


Let’s set aside slogans and openly discuss Islam, The Australian, 13th October 2015


Migrant crisis: Best solution is aid for Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan, The Australian, 8th September 2015


Australian must help the US bomb Syria, The Age, 2nd September 2015


Close the door to discussing religious differences, and risk radicalisation, The Australian, 13 May 2015


The World Fights Islamic State, The Diplomatist, December 2014

Additional articles available at The Conversation.

selected Media Commentary

​Dr Denis Dragovic 

Scholar, Practitioner, Author, Public Commentator

Radio and Print Interviews


Syria strikes 'mean very little': expert, Australian Associated Press, 14 April 2018


The Kurds: The world's largest group of stateless people? SBS Radio, 14th April 2016


Can the UN negotiations bring peace to Syria? 4ZZZFM, 6th February 2016


Turkish Government says Islamic State behind deadly Istanbul suicide bombing, ABC Radio National, 13 Jan 2016


Why is there still fighting in Syria? 2SER, 21st December 2015


Dr Denis Dragovic on responses to Paris 94.7FM The Pulse, November 17, 2015


ABC Drawing Room, 29 September 2015

Should Australia bomb Syria? Does halal certified food fund terrorism? How best to respond to IS? 


​Was Malcolm Turnbull right about Islamic State? news.com.au, July 2015


We can't impose democracy in the Middle East, 3AW, 8 Oct 2014