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“Former Israeli National Security Advisor” – with Uzi Arad


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Summary

Uzi Arad (Wikipedia) joins Andrew (TwitterLinkedIn) 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 LearnIntelligence
  • 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 DIVEBooks
          • 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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