Ephraim KAM, Deputy Director, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Israel
Ephraim Kam served as a colonel in
the Research Division of IDF Military Intelligence until 1993, when he joined
the Jaffee Center. Positions he held in the IDF
included assistant director of the Research Division for Evaluation and senior
instructor at the IDF's National
Defense College.
He specializes in security problems of the Middle East, strategic intelligence,
and Israel's
national security issues. His book Surprise Attack: The Victim's Perspective
was published by Harvard University Press and was awarded the 1988 prize for
best book on intelligence matters from the National Intelligence Study Center,
Washington, D.C. He is also the author of From Terror to Nuclear Bombs: The
Significance of the Iranian Threat (2004) and A Nuclear Iran: What Does it
Mean, and What Can be Done (2007). Dr. Kam specializes in security
problems of the Middle East, strategic intelligence, and Israel's national security issues.
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