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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Articles

The Campaign to Thwart Iran’s Strategy, JISS, April 2022

The IDF “Victory Doctrine”: The Need for an Updated Doctrine, JISS, June 2022.

Iran’s Activity in Cyberspace: Identifying Patterns and Understanding the Strategy, Cyber, Intelligence, and Security, Volume 4, No. 1, March 2020

Sectoral Ability to Manage Cyber Risks in the Supply Chain, Cyber, Intelligence, and Security, Volume 3, No. 2, October 2019

Defending against Influence Operations: The Challenges Facing Liberal Democracies, Memorandum No. 197, INSS, October 2019

The Threat of Foreign Interference in the 2019 Elections in Israel and Ways of Handling it, Cyber, Intelligence, and Security, Volume 3, No. 1, May 2019

Ubiquitous Presence: Protecting Privacy and Forbidding Intrusion into a Person’s Records in Jewish Law, Cyber, Intelligence, and Security, Volume 2, No. 3, December 2018

IDF Force Buildup since the Six-Day War, in Six Days, Fifty Years: The June 1967 War and its Aftermath, INSS, 2018

Guidelines for the Management of Cyber Risks, Cyber, Intelligence, and Security, Volume 2, No. 2, September 2018

The Role of the State in the Private-Sector Cybersecurity Challenge, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, June 2018

Developing Organizational Capabilities to Manage Cyber Crises, Cyber, Intelligence, and Security, Volume 2, No. 1, May 2018

The Role of the State in the Private-Sector Cybersecurity Challenge, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, May 27, 2018

Cyber Threats to Democratic Processes, Cyber, Intelligence, and Security, Volume 1, No. 3, December 2017

Alexander the Great Would Not Have Been Perplexed, Strategic Assessment, Volume 20, No. 3, October 2017

Four Big “Ds” and a Little “r”: A New Model for Cyber Defense, Cyber, Intelligence and Security, Volume 1, No. 2, June, 2017

Israeli Cyberspace Regulation: A Conceptual Framework, Inherent Challenges, and Normative Recommendations, Cyber, Intelligence and Security, Volume 1, No. 1, January 2017

An Analytical Framework for Cybersecurity Assessment, in United States Cybersecurity Magazine, Winter 2017

The First Cognitive War, in Strategic Survey for Israel 2016-2017, INSS, 2016

Military Challenges Facing Israel: Multiple Arenas and Diverse Enemies, in Strategic Survey for Israel 2016-2017, INSS, 2016

Cyberspace Espionage and its Effect on Commercial Considerations, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 7, No. 3, December 2015

Israel and Cyberspace: Unique Threat and Response, International Studies Perspectives, December 29, 2015

Will Hamas Be Better Prepared during its Next Confrontation With Israel? Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 7, No. 2, September, 2015

Cybersecurity Buildup of India's National Force, Observer Research Foundation, Digital Debate, CyFy Journal, 2015

An Integrated Security Approach: The Key to Cyber Defense, The Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, May 7, 2015

The Impact of Cyberspace on Asymmetric Conflict in the Middle East, The Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, April 29, 2015

The Islamic State’s Strategy in Cyberspace, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 7, No. 1, March 2015

Operations Cast Lead, Pillar of Defense, and Protective Edge: A Comparative Review, The Lessons of Operation Protective Edge, INSS, 2014

Developments in Iranian Cyber Warfare 2013-2014, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 6, No. 2, August 2014

Cyberspace and National Security: Selected Articles II, INSS, April 2014
Challenges of Warfare in Densely Populated Areas, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 5, Special Issue: Conference Proceedings, April, 2014

Commercial and Industrial Cyber Espionage in Israel, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 6, No. 1, March 2014
Dilemmas in the Use of Autonomous Weapons, Strategic Assessment, Volume 16, No. 4, January 2014
The Threat of Terrorist Organizations in Cyberspace, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 5, No. 3, December 2013
The Sinai Peninsula Threat and Respond Concept, Brookings Institute, The Saban Center Analysis Paper Series, No. 32, January 2014
The Classic Cyber Defense Methods Have Failed - What Comes Next?, INSS, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 5, No. 1, May 2013

Iran and Cyberspace Warfare, INSS, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 4, No. 3, December 2012
What Lies behind Chinese Cyber Warfare, INSS, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 4, No. 2 September 2012
Cyberspace and Terrorist Organizations, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 3, No. 3, December 2011
The Challenges of Warfare Facing the IDF in Densely Populated Areas, INSS, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 4 No. 1, April 2012
Force Deployment Planning in the IDF General Staff, INSS, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 3, No. 2 November 2011
Protecting Critical Assets and Infrastructures from Cyber Attacks, INSS, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 3, No. 1, May 2011
Defeating Suicide Terrorism in Judea and Samaria, 2002–2005, INSS, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 2, No. 2, October 2010
The Changing Threat, INSS, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 2, No. 1, June 2010
Lebanon & Gaza Campaigns: Operational & Ethical-Legal Lessons, Strategic Survey for Israel 2010, Brom, Shlomo and Kurz, Anat, eds., August 2010
Three Years since the Second Lebanon War: Opening Remarks, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 1, No. 2, October 2009
War and Victory, INSS, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 1, No. 3, December 2009
The Second Lebanon War as a Watershed, INSS, Military, and Strategic Affairs, Volume 1, No. 2, October 2009
From the Second Intifada through the Second Lebanon War to Operation Cast Lead, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 1, No. 1, April 2009
Victims of Friendly Fire: The Winograd Commission vs. the Citizens of Israel, Strategic Assessment, Vol. 11, No. 1, June 2008, 

High Trajectory Weapons and Guerilla Warfare: Adjusting Fundamental Security Concepts, Strategic Assessment, February 2008, Vol. 10, No. 4
Comments: On-Command, Authority, and Responsibility in the IDF, Strategic Assessment, Volume 10, No. 3, December 2007
Command and Authority in the IDF: The Winograd Challenge, INSS, Strategic Assessment, Vol. 10, No. 2, August 2007.
From Gaza to Lebanon and Back, INSS, Strategic Assessment, Vol. 10, No. 1, June 2007.

Command in the IDF, INSS, Strategic Assessment, Vol. 9, No. 4, March 2007.
The Military Campaign in Lebanon in: The Second Lebanon War: Strategic Perspectives. INSS, 2007.
The Operational Aspects to Fighting the Qassam, INSS, Strategic Assessment, Vol. 9, No. 3, November 2006.
The Military Battle against Terrorism: Direct Contact vs. Standoff Warfare, INSS, Strategic Assessment, Vol. 9, No. 1, April 2006

Books

Israel and the Cyber Threat: How the Startup Nation Became a Global Cyber Power, 2023, Oxford University Press.

Cybersecurity and Legal-Regulatory Aspects, January 2021, World Scientific.Publications

Guidelines for Israel's National Security Strategy, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Policy Focus 160, October 2019

Regulation in Cyberspace, Memorandum No. 190, INSS, April 2019

IDF Strategy and National Security, INSS, November 2018

Six Days, Fifty Years: The June 1967 War and its Aftermath, INSS, November 2018

Guidelines for a National Cyber Strategy, Memorandum No. 153, Tel Aviv: Institute for National Security Studies, March 2016

Cyberspace and National Security: Selected Articles III, INSS, April, 2015

Cyberspace and National Security: Selected Articles II, INSS, April, 2014

Cyberspace and National Security: Selected Articles, INSS, June, 2013

Israel-Egypt Relations in Light of Security-Related Incidents in the Sinai Peninsula Political-Security Simulation, September 2012

Selected Opinion Essays

The IDF “Victory Doctrine”: The Need for an Updated Doctrine, JISS, June 14, 2021

The Campaign Between Wars: How Israel Rethought Its Strategy to Counter Iran’s Malign Regional Influence, Washington Institute, Sep. 3, 2019

The IDF’s Cognitive Effort: Supplementing the Kinetic Effort, INSS Insight No. 1028, March 1, 2018

How Israel Should Respond To The Hamas-led Nakba March in Gaza, Newsweek, March 26, 2018

The IDF’s Cognitive Effort: Supplementing the Kinetic Effort, INSS Insight No. 1028, March 1, 2018

Combat Military Service: The Crisis in Motivation, INSS Insight No. 997, December 12, 2017

How Israel Should Battle Hezbollah’s Campaign of Perception, Newsweek, September 18, 2017

The IDF Exercises in Cyprus and Crete, INSS Insight No. 945, June 28, 2017

The Threat of Connected Devices to the Internet, INSS Insight No. 867, November 7, 2016

The Superpower Cyber War and the US Elections, INSS Insight No. 858, September 26, 2016

Structuring Israel’s Cyber Defense, INSS Insight No. 858, September 21, 2016

Defense: the most important challenge in cyberspace, Ynet, August 22, 2016

The Cyber Attack on the Ukrainian Electrical Infrastructure: Another Warning, INSS Insight No. 797, February 17, 2016

Farewell to Syria, INSS Insight No. 754, October 13, 2015

Dividing the State of Syria, Ynet, September 22, 2015

The "IDF Strategy”: A Focused Action Approach, INSS Insight No. 739, August 27, 2015

Establishing an IDF Cyber Command, INSS Insight No. 719, July 7, 2015

A good defense requires a good offense, even in cyberspace, The Jerusalem Post, May 27, 2015

Military Lessons for Hamas from Operation Protective Edge, INSS Insight No. 700, May 21, 2015

Confronting Spontaneous Terrorist Attacks, INSS Insight No. 667, February 24, 2015

Cyberspace Extortion: North Korea versus the United States, INSS Insight No. 646, December 23, 2014

Escalation on the Northern Front: Background and Significance - Security-Political Simulation, INSS Insight No. 649, December 29, 2014

Considering a New Strategic Course, INSS Insight No. 616, October 15, 2014

Cyberspace in the Service of ISIS, INSS Insight No. 601, September 4, 2014

The Iranian Cyber Offensive during Operation Protective Edge, INSS Insight No. 598, August 26, 2014

Cyber tools are no substitute for human intelligence, Haaretz, July 2, 2014

Iranian Cyber Espionage: A Troubling New Escalation, INSS Insight No. 261, June 16, 2014

Rockets in the South Yet Once More: Israel's Gaza Dilemma, INSS Insight No. 528, March 18, 2014

No need to show Assad the door, yet, Israel Hayom Newspaper, 21 May ,2013

Fighting the Next War, Israel Hayom Newspaper, 6 December, 2011

Syria is no Different from Hamas or Hezbollah, Haaretz Newspaper, February 15, 2010

A Border Authority on the Egypt Frontier, Haaretz Newspaper, January 14, 2010

Don't Run to Assad, Haaretz Newspaper, 15 November, 2009

The Third Threat, Haaretz Newspaper, 30 September, 2009

Demilitarization is not Feasible, Haaretz Newspaper, 1 January, 2009

An Anti-abduction Law, Haaretz Newspaper, 3 June 2009

Defense Costs Money, Haaretz Newspaper, 16 May 2009

Disproportionate Force: Israel’s Concept of Response in Light of the Second Lebanon War, INSS Insight, No. 74, 2 October, 2008.

 

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