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) 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....

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

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...

📣 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....

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

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....

🚨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....

🚨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....

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...

🎧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...

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

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

📣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>>

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

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

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! 🎉 Follow us here and visit our website for the recorded meetings & upcoming events >> www.ifis.co.il