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.