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Experts React: Assessing the Israeli Intelligence and Potential Policy Failure
The devastating Hamas attack surprised Israel and represented a massive failure for its intelligence services. A collection of CSIS experts examine different aspects of this failure.
Commentary by Jessica Davis Tricia Bacon Emily Harding and Daniel Byman — October 25, 2023

How Could Israeli Intelligence Miss the Hamas Invasion Plans?
Commentary by Emily Harding — October 11, 2023

Biodefense Posture Review Raises Alarms about New Threats but Speaks Softly on China
Critical Questions by Emily Harding and J. Stephen Morrison — August 23, 2023

China's Strategy of Political Warfare
Report by Seth G. Jones Emily Harding Catrina Doxsee Jake Harrington and Riley McCabe — August 2, 2023
Past Events

Fireside Chat with LTG Berrier

Managing Geopolitical Risk in Mexico's ICT Sector

China's Strategy of Political Warfare: Views from Congress

Army OSINT: Defining a New Course

Lessons in U.S. Intelligence and Special Operations

Book Event: Open Source Investigations in the Age of Google

Building Democratic Resilience

Press Briefing: Analyzing the 2022 National Defense Strategy
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Fireside Chat with Andrew Shearer
Event — December 4, 2023
Fireside Chat with LTG Berrier
Event — November 1, 2023
Fireside Chat with LTG Berrier
Transcript — November 1, 2023
Navigating National Intelligence with the Honorable Susan M. Gordon
Podcast Episode by Hadeil Ali — October 24, 2023

Israel’s Intelligence Regroups
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Emily Harding — October 23, 2023

Can the United States Equip Israel while Simultaneously Equipping Ukraine and Taiwan?
Critical Questions by Mark F. Cancian — October 12, 2023
Managing Geopolitical Risk in Mexico's ICT Sector
Event — October 10, 2023
China's Strategy of Political Warfare: Views from Congress
Event — September 28, 2023
China's Strategy of Political Warfare: Views from Congress
Transcript — September 28, 2023
Army OSINT: Defining a New Course
Event — September 12, 2023