1/ It’s a warp! The Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies (IFIS) monthly seminar series for the 2025-2026 academic year has concluded.

The next Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies webinar will host Dr. Aviva Guttmann, presenting her book 'Operation Wrath of God: The Secret History of European Intelligence and Mossad’s Assassination Campaign'. 🗓️ Thursday, July 2, at 11 am EST / 17 pm CET Register here: shorturl.at/ohQZw

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

The next Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies (IFIS) webinar will host Dr. Thorsten Wetzling, presenting his paper 'Data bought, rights ignored: European intelligence services' use of commercially sourced data'. 🗓️ Tuesday, June 16, at 11 am EST / 17 pm CET Register here: forms.gle/tJL6XaUNCQhi...

The next Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies (IFIS) webinar will host Dr. Thorsten Wetzling, presenting his paper 'Data bought, rights ignored: European intelligence services' use of commercially sourced data'. 🗓️ Tuesday, June 16, at 11 am EST / 17 pm CET Register here: forms.gle/tJL6XaUNCQhi...

One month remaining to submit your proposal for the Israeli Intelligence Studies Conference 2026. Don't miss the deadline.

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

📢 The Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies (IFIS) is Issuing today the call for papers & award nominations for the Israeli Intelligence Studies Conference 2026! 📅 November 4, 2026 🌍 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 📩 Submission deadline: July 31, 2026

📢 The Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies (IFIS) is Issuing today the call for papers & award nominations for the Israeli Intelligence Studies Conference 2026! 📅 November 4, 2026 🌍 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 📩 Submission deadline: July 31, 2026

📢 The Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies (IFIS) is Issuing today the call for papers & award nominations for the Israeli Intelligence Studies Conference 2026! 📅 November 4, 2026 🌍 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 📩 Submission deadline: July 31, 2026

New addition Journal article: The effectiveness of coercive intelligence disclosure: The case of Israel and the German scientists in Egypt by Ofek Riemer, Elie Podeh (published 10-04-2026) https://doi.org/10.1080/01402390.2026.2650794

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

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Introduction: rethinking strategic warning and intelligence failure in an era of global transformation Shay Hershkovitz & Ofek Riemer www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Introduction: rethinking strategic warning and intelligence failure in an era of global transformation

This special issue of Intelligence and National Security examines the persistence of strategic surprise and the limitations of existing early warning frameworks in an era of geopolitical volatility...

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Our latest edition, Vol 40, No. 5 is out now! This edition is a Special Issue on Strategic Surprise and Early Warning. www.tandfonline.com/toc/fint20/c...

Intelligence and National Security

Rethinking Strategic Warning and Intelligence Failure in an Era of Global Transformation. Volume 40, Issue 5 of Intelligence and National Security

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📣 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

📣 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

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

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...

tandfonline.com

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

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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!

🚨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...

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🚨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...

tandfonline.com

🚨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...

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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

👁️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...

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

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

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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

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

📣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

📣 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

📣 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

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>>