Many thanks Roger Boyes of The Times for this terrific review of my new book, Operation Wrath of God: www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
26.07.2025 08:17 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0@ilintelligence.bsky.social
Promoting Intelligence Studies in Israel by facilitating knowledge sharing & collaboration among scholars, both within Israel & abroad.
Many thanks Roger Boyes of The Times for this terrific review of my new book, Operation Wrath of God: www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
26.07.2025 08:17 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Congrats Aviva!
24.07.2025 09:59 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Hurray, I have been elected as Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (RHS) in recognition of my contribution to historical scholarship. I am now officially FRHistS!
24.07.2025 09:28 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0๐จNEW in @intnatsecjournal.bsky.social (ed.
@smarrin.bsky.social)
"The vanishing watchman: the rise and decline of early warning" by Ehud Eiran, Ofer Guterman, & David Simantov
The article is part of a special issue on strategic warning & intel failure
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
๐จNEW in @intnatsecjournal.bsky.social (ed. @smarrin.bsky.social)
"Learning from mistakes: the impact of the Oct 7 surprise attack on the youngest generation of IDF intelligence analysts" by Ofek Riemer
โก๏ธpart of a special issue on strat warning & intel failure
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
๐จNEW in @intnatsecjournal.bsky.social (ed. @smarrin.bsky.social)
"Exploring the meaning and challenges of early warning" by Jonathan P. Proctor
The article is part of a special issue on strategic warning & intel failure edited by Shay Hershkovitz & Ofek Riemer
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New addition
Journal article: Learning from mistakes: the impact of the October 7 surprise attack on the youngest generation of IDF intelligence analysts by Ofek Riemer (published 20-07-2025)
https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2025.2526931
๐๏ธREAD this commentary by Dr. Itai Shapira, a member of our forum: mwi.westpoint.edu/surprise-sur...
29.06.2025 06:57 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐งืืืืื ื ืืคืืืงืืกื ืขื ืคืจืืค' ืืืจื ืืจ ืืืกืฃ, ืืืจ ื ืืื ืืคืืจืื ืฉืื ื, ืขื ืืืคืชืขื ืืืกืืจืืืืช ืฉื ืืืจืื: open.spotify.com/episode/5ecz...
29.06.2025 06:57 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0From Tel Aviv to Caracas to Ankara, one pattern holds: Populist leaders eventually target the spies. warontherocks.com/20...
11.06.2025 02:00 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Why would a country sabotage its own security agencies in wartime? Israel's leadership crisis reveals a troubling global pattern. warontherocks.com/20...
09.06.2025 09:00 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1Why would a country sabotage its own security agencies in wartime? Israel's leadership crisis reveals a troubling global pattern. warontherocks.com/20...
05.06.2025 15:00 โ ๐ 20 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0For a recording of our previous webinar on the relationship b/w elected officials & civil servants, and lessons for the intelligence: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6uY...
15.05.2025 08:03 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐ฃNext week on our special webinar series:
Grzegorz Maลecki, former director of Polish foreign intelligence agency (AW), and Prof. David Gioe (KCL), will discuss #intelligence-policy relations under populist governments in Poland & the United States
Register here: ifis.co.il
๐ฃ Issuing today the call for papers & award nominations for the Israeli Intelligence Studies Conference 2025!
๐๏ธ October 28-29, 2025
๐ @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social, Jerusalem
๐ฉ Submission deadline: July 31, 2025
Submission form for paper proposals: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
DM for further inquiries.
๐ฃ Issuing today the call for papers & award nominations for the Israeli Intelligence Studies Conference 2025!
๐๏ธ October 28-29, 2025
๐ @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social, Jerusalem
๐ฉ Submission deadline: July 31, 2025
Is the evocation of "organizational culture" a way to avoid personal accountability for (an intelligence) failure?
Whose interests are served by the construction of public, academic discourse over "intelligence failure(s)"?
Join us for a talk by Prof. Hamilton Bean>>
Is the evocation of "organizational culture" a way to avoid personal accountability for (an intelligence) failure?
Whose interests are served by the construction of public, academic discourse over "intelligence failure(s)"?
Join us for a talk by Prof. Hamilton Bean>>
TOMORROW
20.01.2025 13:19 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The long wait is over. 2025 is going to be a great year. Coming soon with Oxford University Press.
10.01.2025 15:02 โ ๐ 118 ๐ 16 ๐ฌ 8 ๐ 2If you wish to join this meeting, fill out this form: forms.gle/eMg5TKy4G4zK...
For more info - visit our website: www.ifis.co.il
October 7 raised many difficult questions relating not only to collection and analysis, but also to the relationship b/w intelligence and policymakers.
On Jan. 21 we will hold a panel to discuss intel-policy relations in a comparative perspective (USA, Russia, & Israel)>>
Check out our #YouTube channel for the full recordings of our past meetings, including the most recent one featuring Prof. @jrovner.bsky.social >>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys2V...
We considered shifting to Pager-based communication, but we realized that the party's right here...
So we have a new Bluesky account! ๐
Follow us here and visit our website for the recorded meetings & upcoming events >>
www.ifis.co.il