Dmitry Adamsky
Professor at Reichman University
Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky is a Professor at the School of Government, Diplomacy, and Strategy and the Head of the BA Honors Track in Strategic Studies at Reichman University (Herzliya, Israel). He has previously been affiliated with Harvard and Columbia Universities, the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, and the Center for Eastern European Studies at the University of Zurich. Prof Adamsky has published on military innovations, strategic culture, nuclear strategy, and US, Russian, and Israeli national security in Foreign Affairs, Security Studies, Journal of Strategic Studies, Survival, IFRI Notes, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Russian Analytical Digest, and Intelligence and National Security, among others. Prof Adamsky has written numerous books, including Operation Kavkaz: the Soviet Intervention and the Israeli Intelligence Failure in the War of Attrition (Maarachot, 2006) and The Culture of Military Innovation (Stanford UP, 2010), which earned the annual prizes for the best academic works on Israeli security. His book Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy: Religion, Politics and Strategy (Stanford UP, 2019) won the 2020 ISA best book award in the category of religion and International Relations. Prior to his academic career, Prof Adamsky carried out intelligence analysis and strategic policy planning for the Israeli Ministry of Defense and Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). At the IDF, he served as Assistant Secretary of the committee charged with formulating Israel's National Security Concept.
Updated: April 23, 2025