“Former Israeli National Security Advisor” – with Uzi Arad

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)