Dmitry Adamsky
Professor at Reichman University
Professor Dima (Dmitry) Adamsky is with the School of Government at Reichman University and the Belfer Center at Harvard University. For more than twenty years, he has been dealing with international security matters as a civil servant, university professor, and government consultant. He has published on military innovations, strategic culture, and nuclear affairs. His books Operation Kavkaz and The Culture of Military Innovation (Stanford UP) earned the prizes for the best academic works on Israeli security. His book Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy (Stanford UP, 2019) won the ISA best book award. His book The Russian Way of Deterrence (Stanford UP, 2023) was named one of the best books of the year by Foreign Affairs and Engelsberg Ideas. His forthcoming book is The New Commissars (Cambridge UP). At the Israeli MoD and the IDF, Prof Adamsky has conducted intelligence analysis and strategic policy planning and served as an assistant secretary of the Israeli national security concept committee.
Updated: May 6, 2026