Dmitry Adamsky
Professor at Reichman University
Prof. Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky is the Head of the Honors Track in Strategic Studies, at the School of Government, Reichman University, Israel. He is currently on sabbatical in the University of Oxford, Center for Strategy, Statecraft and Technology. He has previously been affiliated with Harvard and Columbia Universities, Norwegian Institute for Defense Studies, and University of Zurich.
For more than twenty years Prof. Adamsky has been dealing with international security matters as a civil servant, university professor, and government consultant on both sides of the Atlantic.
He has published on military innovations, strategic culture, nuclear affairs, and U.S., Russian and Israeli national security in: Foreign Affairs, International Security, Security Studies, Journal of Strategic Studies, Survival, IFRI Notes, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Russian Analytical Digest, Intelligence and National Security, Defense and Security Studies, Washington Quarterly, Slavic Military Studies, Problems of Post-Communism, and Cold War History.
His books Operation Kavkaz (Maarachot, 2006) The Culture of Military Innovation (Stanford UP, 2010) earned the prize for the best academic work on Israeli security. His book Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy (Stanford UP, 2019) won the ISA best book award on religion and international relations. His latest book The Russian Way of Deterrence (Stanford UP, 2023) is among Foreign Affairs best books on military and technology for 2024. His forthcoming book is The New Commissars (Cambridge UP, 2025).
Prior to his academic career, in his positions in the Israeli MoD and the IDF, Prof. Adamsky has carried out intelligence analysis and strategic policy planning. In the latter capacity, he served as assistant secretary of the committee charged with formulating Israel's national security concept.
Updated: April 23, 2025