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Dr. Uzi Arad (עוזי ארד) is an Israeli Strategist and a well-known figure in foreign policy, security and strategic circles in Israel and abroad.

Dr. Arad is the founding Director of the Institute for Policy and Strategy of the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya and Professor at its Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy. At the Institute, he has established and continues to chair the annual Herzliya Conference, Israel's principal international policy conference, convening Israeli and international leaders, policy-makers and most senior experts in the field of national security, broadly defined.

Dr. Arad was Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu (1997-1999)on secondment from the Mossad, in which he served for more than two decades, culminating in his tenure as Director of Research (Intelligence). Dr. Arad has been serving as Advisor to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. He is also the Founding Chair of The Atlantic Forum of Israel.

In March 2009, Dr. Arad accepted Prime Minister-designate Netanyahu's invitation to assume the position of National Security Advisor and Chairman of the Israeli National Security Council.

Dr. Arad has been a critic of the US invasion of Iraq and former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, arguing that the energy spent there should have been shifted towards dealing with the Iranian nuclear crisis. Because of alleged contact with Larry Franklin, an American indicted on espionage charges, Arad is currently banned from entering the United States.

Early Life
Dr. Arad was born in Tiberias in 1947. In 1955 he followed his family to France, where they spent two years, and he travelled with his family to Mexico in 1965. While in Mexico, he studied Economics and Anthropology at the University of the Americas. Two years later, he returned to Israel to carry out his military service with the Israel Air Force.

Academic Education
in 1971, Dr. Arad earned a bachelor degree in History and International Relations from Tel Aviv University. He was Subsequently awarded a Fulbright Fellowship for advanced studies at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, where he earned an M.A. degree in Public Administration and International Relations and a Ph.D. degree in International Relations. His Ph.D. dissertation "World Energy Interdependence and the Security of Supply" was supervised by Professors Richard Ullman and Edward Morse.

Professional Career
Dr. Arad became a Professional Staff Member with the Hudson Institute in 1972, working under its legendary directors, Dr. Herman Kahn and Dr. Donald Brennan. At Hudson, he carried out policy work on nuclear strategy, arms control, energy and security.

After concluding his Ph.D., Dr. Arad returned to Israel and was offered senior positions with the Mossad and with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He chose to join the Mossad, where he spent most of his professional career. All that is publicly known about his tenure in the Mossad is that he served in two divisions, one of which was the Research (Intelligence) Division, which he eventually headed (at the rank equivalent to Major General). At the Mossad, he also dealt with foreign liaison and his assignments also included posts in Europe.

In 1996, Dr. Arad was elected as Director of the Jaffe Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University (today the Institute for National Security Studies). However, at the request of Prime Minister Netanyahu, Dr. Arad remained in government to serve as the Prime Minister's Foreign Policy Advisor, a position he held through 1999.

Academic Career
In 1977, Dr. Arad took a sabbatical leave and carried out post-doctoral research at the Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University. Dr. Arad's co-authored volume, "Sharing Global Resources", commissioned by the New York Council on Foreign Relations (with his wife, Dr. Ruth Arad and others), was published in 1979. After retiring from government in 1999, Dr. Arad lectured at Haifa University and in 2000, he joined the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC Herzliya), which became his academic home. At IDC, he established the Institute for Policy and Strategy and founded the Annual Herzliya Conference Series on the Balance of Israel's National Security. Modeled after prestigious international policy conferences and gatherings such as the World Economic Forum (Davos), the Munich Conference on Security Policy (Verkunde), the Trilateral Commission meetings, and the IISS conferences, the Herzliya Conference soon became the principal international policy event in Israel.

In 2005, the Israeli Council on Higher Education conferred upon Dr. Arad the academic title of Professor in recognition of his expertise and international reputation. In the course of his work at IDC Herzliya, Dr. Arad conceived of a path-breaking international policy project exploring the applications of risk management to national and international security policy. Involving a global group of scholars and coordinated at Yale University and the Eurasia Group, the project culminated in a the book "Managing Strategic Surprise: Lessons from Risk Management and Risk Assessment" recently published by Cambridge University Press. Dr. Arad contributed a chapter on intelligence and surprise attack, in which he applied analytical tools of risk management to the integrative administration of national intelligence systems. The edited volume garnered academic and professional acclaim and has been portrayed as a "masterpiece" and a "superb collection of our best thought leaders."

Present Professional Activities
Concurrently with his ongoing academic activities, Dr. Arad has been advising the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.He has also been active in advancing Israel's relations with Euro-Atlantic community. In 2000, Dr. Arad founded the EU-Israel Forum, in cooperation with the Council of the European Union, and led it through 2003. In 2004, he established the Atlantic Forum of Israel, which he chairs. Working closely with NATO, the Atlantic Forum of Israel seeks to promote and enhance Israel's relations and standing with the Atlantic Alliance and has played an important role in advancing this relationship.

Personal
Dr. Uzi Arad is married to Dr. Ruth Arad, Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of Bank Leumi, and father of Dorit Ben-Ami and Dr. Orna Arad. The Arads live in Afeka, a northern neighborhood of Tel Aviv.

Selected Publications

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