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The Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies (IFIS) @ilintelligence.bsky.social · 14d

📣 SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT

Proudly sharing that Meir Ben-Shabbat will be speaking at the Annual Israeli Conference on Intelligence Studies 2025

Registration Opens Sep. 30: www.ifis.co.il

The Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies (IFIS) @ilintelligence.bsky.social · 18d

📣 SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT

Proudly sharing that Dr. Eyal Hulata will be speaking at the Annual Israeli Conference on Intelligence Studies 2025

Regitration Opens Sep. 30: ifis.co.il

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IntelArchive @intelarchive.io · Aug 26

New addition

Journal article: Introduction: rethinking strategic warning and intelligence failure in an era of global transformation by Shay Hershkovitz, Ofek Riemer (published 22-08-2025)

https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2025.2546249

doi.org

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Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · Aug 8

An important article on the effects of cataclysmic failure on the bedrock of your organisation: your entry-level folk in the trenches.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Learning from mistakes: the impact of the October 7 surprise attack on the youngest generation of IDF intelligence analysts

This article explores the individual-level effects of an intelligence failure; in particular, on entry-level intelligence analysts. It draws on interviews with graduates of the first class of the I...

www.tandfonline.com

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Dr Aviva Guttmann @guttmannaviva.bsky.social · Jul 26

Many thanks Roger Boyes of The Times for this terrific review of my new book, Operation Wrath of God: www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

Israel’s Operation Wrath of God: do targeted assassinations work?

In Operation Wrath of God, Aviva Guttmann examines the secret campaign to take out Palestinian terrorists in revenge for the Munich Olympics massacre of 1972

www.thetimes.com

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The Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies (IFIS) @ilintelligence.bsky.social · Jul 24

Congrats Aviva!

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Dr Aviva Guttmann @guttmannaviva.bsky.social · Jul 24

Hurray, 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!

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The Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies (IFIS) @ilintelligence.bsky.social · Jul 24

🚨NEW 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....

The vanishing watchman: the rise and decline of early warning

This article investigates the rise and decline of early warning as a priority task for intelligence agencies. The article shows that shifts in the prioritization of early warning are shaped by a co...

www.tandfonline.com

The Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies (IFIS) @ilintelligence.bsky.social · Jul 24

🚨NEW 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

➡️part of a special issue on strat warning & intel failure

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Learning from mistakes: the impact of the October 7 surprise attack on the youngest generation of IDF intelligence analysts

This article explores the individual-level effects of an intelligence failure; in particular, on entry-level intelligence analysts. It draws on interviews with graduates of the first class of the I...

www.tandfonline.com

The Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies (IFIS) @ilintelligence.bsky.social · Jul 24

🚨NEW 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....

Exploring the meaning and challenges of early warning

A consistent challenge in the study and practice of warning is that of definitions. This article focuses on the meaning of early warning, arguing that it should be explicitly separated from the ter...

www.tandfonline.com

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IntelArchive @intelarchive.io · Jul 23

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

doi.org

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The Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies (IFIS) @ilintelligence.bsky.social · Jun 29

👁️READ this commentary by Dr. Itai Shapira, a member of our forum: mwi.westpoint.edu/surprise-sur...

Surprise, Surprise: Misperception, Hubris, and Deception in Today’s Strategic Environment - Modern War Institute

In recent years, strategic surprises are everywhere. Russia and the United States were surprised by Ukrainian resilience in 2022, and Israel was surprised by the Hamas attacks in October 2023. Just re...

mwi.westpoint.edu

The Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies (IFIS) @ilintelligence.bsky.social · Jun 29

🎧האזינו לפודקאסט עם פרופ' אורי בר יוסף, חבר נכבד בפורום שלנו, על ההפתעה האסטרטגית של איראן: open.spotify.com/episode/5ecz...

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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · Jun 11

From Tel Aviv to Caracas to Ankara, one pattern holds: Populist leaders eventually target the spies. warontherocks.com/20...

Populists vs. Spies in Israel and Beyond - War on the Rocks

Over a year and a half after the Oct. 7 attacks, the Israeli government is embroiled in an unprecedented institutional clash with the nation’s internal

warontherocks.com

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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · Jun 9

Why would a country sabotage its own security agencies in wartime? Israel's leadership crisis reveals a troubling global pattern. warontherocks.com/20...

Populists vs. Spies in Israel and Beyond - War on the Rocks

Over a year and a half after the Oct. 7 attacks, the Israeli government is embroiled in an unprecedented institutional clash with the nation’s internal

warontherocks.com

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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · Jun 5

Why would a country sabotage its own security agencies in wartime? Israel's leadership crisis reveals a troubling global pattern. warontherocks.com/20...

Populists vs. Spies in Israel and Beyond - War on the Rocks

Over a year and a half after the Oct. 7 attacks, the Israeli government is embroiled in an unprecedented institutional clash with the nation’s internal

warontherocks.com

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The Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies (IFIS) @ilintelligence.bsky.social · May 15

For 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...

IFIS Webinar // Intelligence-Policy Crisis: Elected Officials & Civil Servants in Israel

YouTube video by The Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies

www.youtube.com

The Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies (IFIS) @ilintelligence.bsky.social · May 15

📣Next week on our special webinar series:

Grzegorz Małecki, 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

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The Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies (IFIS) @ilintelligence.bsky.social · Mar 16

📣 Issuing today the call for papers & award nominations for the Israeli Intelligence Studies Conference 2025!

🗓️ October 28-29, 2025
🌎 @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social, Jerusalem

📩 Submission deadline: July 31, 2025

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The Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies (IFIS) @ilintelligence.bsky.social · Mar 16

Submission form for paper proposals: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

DM for further inquiries.

Proposals for the Annual Israeli Conference in Intelligence Studies, Jerusalem, 28-29 October 2025

docs.google.com

The Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies (IFIS) @ilintelligence.bsky.social · Mar 16

📣 Issuing today the call for papers & award nominations for the Israeli Intelligence Studies Conference 2025!

🗓️ October 28-29, 2025
🌎 @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social, Jerusalem

📩 Submission deadline: July 31, 2025

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The Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies (IFIS) @ilintelligence.bsky.social · Feb 20

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>>

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The Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies (IFIS) @ilintelligence.bsky.social · Feb 20

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>>

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The Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies (IFIS) @ilintelligence.bsky.social · Jan 20

TOMORROW

The Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies (IFIS) @ilintelligence.bsky.social · Jan 3

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)>>

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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · Jan 10

The long wait is over. 2025 is going to be a great year. Coming soon with Oxford University Press.

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