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“Former Israeli National Security Advisor” – with Uzi Arad

2023/10/10
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Summary

Uzi Arad (Wikipedia)) joins Andrew (Twitter); LinkedIn)) to discuss intelligence and policy at the highest level. Uzi was also a former foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Director of Intelligence for the Mossad. 

What You’ll Learn

Intelligence

  • National security in Israel

  • Israel’s position within the Middle East 

  • State leaders as consumers of intelligence

  • Uzi’s relationship with PM Netanyahu

Reflections

  • Handling intense pressure 

  • Power, proximity, and influence

And much, much more …

**Resources **

SURFACE SKIM

SpyCasts

- Irregular Warfare & Intelligence) with IWC Director Dennis Walters (2023)

- Israeli Military Intelligence) with IDF Brig. General (Res.) Yossi Kuperwasser (2023)

- Keeping Secrets/Disclosing Secrets) with Spy Chief turned DG of Australia’s National Archives David Fricker (2022)

- Intelligence & the World’s Largest Democracy) with Former Indian Intelligence Director Vikram Sood (2021)

Beginner Resources

- National Security Definition and Examples), R. Longley, ThoughtCo (2021) [Short article]

- What Was the Iran-Contra Affair?), HISTORY, YouTube (2018) [5 min. video]

- A 60-Second Guide To The Arab Spring), G. Wyler, Insider (2011) [Short article]

DEEPER DIVE

Books

- Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East, U. Kaufman (St. Martin’s Press, 2023) 

- Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu, A. Pfeffer (Basic Books, 2018)

- Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad, G. Thomas (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2015) 

- Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East, M. B. Oren (Presidio Press, 2006)

**Primary Sources **

- Trilateral Statement on the Middle East Summit at David Peace), The Avalon Project (2000) 

- The Wye River Memorandum) (1998) 

- The Washington Declaration), Jewish Virtual Library (1994)

- Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran-Contra Affair), CIA FOIA (1987) 

- Israel’s “Peace for the Galilee” Operation in Lebanon – Some Initial Perspectives), Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (1982)

- Sitting 145 of the Ninth Knesset) (1978)

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