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 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

Beginner Resources

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 

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