Author(s): Cătălin DUMITRIU
Publication name: Romanian Intelligence Studies Review
Publisher name: Mihai Viteazul National Intelligence Academy
Document type: Review
Publication date: June 30, 2026
Pagination: 196-201
Issue/ Volume: 1 (35)/2026
DOI: 10.66766/RISR.2026.1.08
The events of 7 October 2023 constitute one of the most
consequential intelligence failures in contemporary history, prompting an
urgent and far-reaching reassessment of the conceptual, organisational,
and cultural underpinnings of the Israeli intelligence apparatus. It is
within this profoundly significant context that Itai Shapira’s monograph,
Israeli National Intelligence Culture: Problem-Solving, Exceptionalism, and
Pragmatism, emerges as a seminal contribution to the field of intelligence
studies. Published in 2026, by Routledge in the esteemed Studies in
Intelligence Series1, the volume represents the first systematic scholarly
inquiry dedicated exclusively to the concept of Israeli national intelligence
culture, thereby filling a conspicuous lacuna in both the theoretical and
empirical literature.
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