Journal Article - Comparative Strategy

Israel: National Security Decision-Making in a Leaky Political Fishbowl

| 2015

Abstract

The article is a first attempt to systematically assess the impact of leaks on Israeli decision-making. Five major cases were studied on three levels: whether leaks affected the process, policies adopted, and outcomes. Leaks had a strong impact in two cases, but not on the policies adopted, or outcomes, in any of the cases analyzed. As a tentative conclusion, most leaks are about Israel's broad strategic thinking and the politics thereof, rather than hard information. The primary impact is on process, important in itself, not substance.

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For Academic Citation: Freilich, Charles (Chuck) D.. “Israel: National Security Decision-Making in a Leaky Political Fishbowl.” Comparative Strategy, vol. 34. no. 2. (2015):
117-132
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The Author

Chuck Freilich

Chuck Freilich

  • Former Senior Fellow, International Security Program, January 2006–October 2019
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