Israeli National Intelligence Culture

The book will provide the first substantial study of Israeli national intelligence culture, based on elite interviews with acting and former national security practitioners.

Itai Shapira has served for more than 25 years in the Israeli Defense Intelligence on the strategic, operational, and tactical levels, retiring as a colonel. He holds a BA in Economics and Philosophy and an MBA from Tel Aviv University and is a graduate of the Israeli National Defense College. He earned his PhD from the University of Leicester, studying Israeli national intelligence culture.

Introduction 1. Frameworks 2. 'Anatomy' of Israeli Intelligence 3. Origins of Israeli National Intelligence Culture 4. Intelligence Organization - Preference for a de Facto and Informal Intelligence Community 5. Intelligence Product - Action-Inclined, Integrated with Decision-Making 6. Intelligence Process - Balancing Intuition and Interpretive Methods with Advanced Technologies 7. Aversion to Intelligence Theory, Intelligence Innovation Conducted through Adaptation 8. Intelligence Professionalism - Moral Courage, Contrarian Thinking, Individual Responsibility Conclusion Epilogue: The Intelligence Failure of October 2023 Appendix