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Prof. Shlomo Shapira

Telephone
03-531-7107
Email
sshpiro@yahoo.com
Office
Building 109, room 17
Reception Hours
Tuesday, 16:00-18:00
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Prof. Shlomo Shpiro is a professor of communication and political studies, and the Director of the Europa Institute, at Bar-Ilan University in Israel.  He specializes in the fields of communication, security, intelligence and terrorism, with emphasis on crisis communication, international intelligence cooperation, crisis management and counter-terrorism.  He is a graduate of the Hebrew University (BA 1993), the University of Salford (MA 1994) and the University of Birmingham (PhD 1998).  He conducted research at leading universities in Europe and Israel and has published extensively in his fields of specialization.  Prof. Shpiro is Chairman of the International Intelligence History Association (IIHA) and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Intelligence History, as well as Co-Convenor of the Zagreb Security Forum.  For his research, prof. Shpiro won a large number of prestigious competitive research grants and awards, including grants from the European Union ‘Horizon’ programs, NATO institutional awards, a Minerva Foundation grant, several DAAD awards, a Steinmetz research grant, and others.

Research
  • Crisis communication and societal resilience
  • Intelligence and regional security
  • The impact of the Corona crisis on security
  • Nuclear weapons and communication
Courses
  • Media and Terrorism
  • Nuclear Weapons and Communication
Publications

Books and Monographs (Author):

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo& Magen Amichai, Towards Comprehensive Security in the Middle East: Lessons from the European Experience in Justice and Home Affairs Cooperation, Tel-Aviv University Steinmetz Center, Tel-Aviv 2003.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, The Communication of Mutual Security: Frameworks for European-Mediterranean Intelligence Sharing, NATO Academic Forum, 2001 (available online at www.nato.int/acad/fellow/99-01/f99-01.htm).

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, Guarding the Guards - Parliamentary Control of the Intelligence Services in Germany and Britain, KAS, Bonn, 1997.

 

 

Books (Editor):

 

  1. Gill Peter, Farson Stuart, Phythian Mark and Shpiro Shlomo (eds.), Handbook of Global Security and Intelligence – Vol. 1: The Americas and Asia, Praeger, New York, 2008, ISBN 0-275-99206-3.

 

  1. Gill Peter, Farson Stuart, Phythian Mark and Shpiro Shlomo (eds.), Handbook of Global Security and Intelligence - Vol. 2: Europe, the Middle East and South Africa, Praeger, New York, 2008, ISBN 0-275-99206-3.

 

  1. Krieger Wolfgang, Shpiro Shlomo & Wala Michael (eds.), Volume 2 in the book series ‘Studies in Intelligence History’, book by Jens Wegener, Die Organisation Gehlen und die USA, Lit Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-8258-1395-6.

 

  1. The Execution of the Hangman of Riga, Editing and introduction to the book by Anton Kuenzle and Gad Shimron, Frank Cass/Vallentine Mitchell, London, 2004, ISBN 0-7146-5667-4.

 

  1. Krieger Wolfgang, Shpiro Shlomo& Wala Michael (eds.), Volume 1 in the book series ‘Studies in Intelligence History’, book by Cees Wiebes, Intelligence and the War in Bosnia 1992-1995, Lit Verlag, Munster, 2003.

 

  1. The House on Garibaldi Street, introduction and re-editing the original book by Isser Harel, Frank Cass, London, 1997, ISBN 0-7146-4754-3.

 

 

Articles in Refereed Academic Journals:

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, Israeli Intelligence and the Coronavirus Crisis, International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, September 2020, DOI: 10.1080/08850607.2020.1805711

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, Seeing but Unseen: Intelligence Drones in Israel, Intelligence and National Security, Vol. 32 No. 4, May 2017, pp. 425-429.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, Israeli Intelligence and Global Radical Islamic Terrorism: Al Qaeda and Daesh, Journal of Mediterranean and Balkan Intelligence, Dec. 2016, pp. 15-38.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, The Intellectual Foundations of Jewish Terrorism: Avraham Stern and the Lehi, Terrorism & Political Violence, Vol. 25 No. 4, 2013, pp. 606-620.

 

  1. Schleifer Ron and Shpiro Shlomo, "Intelligence Services and the Media: The Israeli Experience", Journal of Mediterranean and Balkan Intelligence, Vol. 1 No. 1, June 2013, pp. 33-46.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “Israeli Intelligence and Al Qaeda”, International Journal of Intelligence & Counterintelligence, Vol. 25, Vol. 2, 2012, pp. 240-259.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “KGB Human Intelligence Operations in Israel, 1948-1973”, Intelligence & National Security, Vol. 26 No. 6, 2011, pp. 864-885.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “Poison Chalice: Intelligence Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons”, International Journal of Intelligence & Counterintelligence, Vol. 22 No.1, 2009, pp. 1-30.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “Europe’s Role in the Middle East”, Internationale Politik, Vo. 63 No. 1, January 2008, pp. 82-88.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “Speak no Evil: Intelligence Ethics in Israel”, Defence Intelligence Journal, Vol. 16 No. 1, Summer 2007, pp. 77-92.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “Cold War Radar Intelligence: Operation Cerberus”, Journal of Intelligence History, Vol. 6 No. 2, Winter 2006, pp. 61-74.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “No Place to Hide: Intelligence and Civil Liberties in Israel”, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Vol. 19 No. 4, December 2006, pp. 629-648.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “Peaceful Spies: Intelligence Services in the Middle East”, WeltTrends, No. 51, Summer 2006, pp. 37-51

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “Intelligence Services and Political Transformation in the Middle East”, International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, Vol. 17 No. 4, Winter 2005, pp. 575-600.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “Know Your Enemy: West German-Israeli Intelligence Evaluation of Soviet Weapon Systems”, Journal of Intelligence History, Vol. 4 No. 1, Summer 2004, pp. 57-73.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, „The CIA as Middle East Peace-Broker “, Survival, Vol. 45, No. 2, Summer 2003, pp. 91-112.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, Intelligence Services and Peace in the Middle East, Internationale Politik, Vol. 57 No. 12, December 2002, pp. 39-44.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, Conflict Media Strategies and the Politics of Counter-Terrorism, Politics, Vol. 22 No. 2, May 2002pp. 76-85.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, Media and Terrorism, Internationale Politik, Vol. 56 No. 12, December 2001, pp. 19-24.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, Intelligence Services and Foreign Policy: German-Israeli Intelligence and Military Co-operation, German Politics, Vol. 11 No. 1, April 2002, pp. 23-42.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “Media Strategies of Intelligence Services”, International Journal of Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence, Vol. 14 No. 4, October 2001, pp. 485-502.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “Intelligence, Media and Terrorism: Imperial Germany and the Middle East”, Journal of Intelligence History, Summer 2001, pp. 21-35.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “Biting or Barking? Media and Parliamentary Investigation of Right Wing Extremism in the German Armed Forces”, German Politics, Vol. 9 No. 2, August 2000, pp. 217-240.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “The German-Israeli Strategic Partnership”, Internationale Politik, Vol. 55 No. 9, September 2000.  Also published in Moscow in the Russian language edition of Internationale Politik.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “Parliamentary and Administrative Reforms in the Control of Intelligence Services in the European Union”, Columbia Journal of European Law, June 1998.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “Parliaments, Democracy and Intelligence. Old Solutions to New Problems?”,Internationale Politik, Vol. 53 No. 4, April 1998.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “Parlamente und Nachrichtendienste in Deutschland und Grossbritannien”, Europäische Sicherheit, Vol. 47 No. 3, March 1998.

 

 

Chapters in Edited Books:

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, "Intelligence without a Homeland: Jewish Cultural and Political Approaches to Intelligence 1897-1948", in Simon Ball et.al. (eds.), Cultures of Intelligence in the Era of the World Wars, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2020, pp. 315-335.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, "To save a Kaiser: Imperial German intelligence and protective security in the Orient, 1898", in Mika Suonpaa and Owain Wright (eds.), Diplomacy and Intelligence in the Nineteenth-Century Mediterranean World, Bloomsbury, London, 2019, pp. 177-196.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, "Yugoslav Intelligence and the Establishment of the State of Israel", in Darko Trifunovic (ed.), Serbian-Israeli Relations, Institute for National and International Security, Novi Sad, 2019, pp. 47-58.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, "German Political Foundations in Israel: An Israeli Academic Perspective", in Anna Abelmann and Anna Koranek (eds.), The German Political Foundations Work between Jerusalem, Ramallah and Tel Aviv, Springer, 2018, pp. 133-139.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, "Nachrichtendienstliche und militaerische Kooperation zwischen Israel und Deutschland: Einblicke in die fruehen Jahre", in Julius Schoeps and Olaf Gloeckner (eds.), Deutschland, die Juden und der Staat Israel: Eine politische Bestandsaufnahme, Olms, 2016, pp. 115-147.

 

  1. Tamir Libel and Shpiro Shlomo, "Israeli Intelligence Threat Perceptions of Palestinian Terrorist organizations, 1948-2008", in Paul Maddrell (ed.), The Image of the Enemy: Intelligence Analysis of Adversaries Since 1945, Georgetown University Press, Washington DC, 2015, pp. 192-218.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, 'Shadowy Interests: West German-Israeli Intelligence and Military Cooperation 1957-1982', in Clive Jones and Tore Petersen (eds.), Israel's Clandestine Diplomacies, Hurst/Oxford University Press, 2013, pp. 169-188.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “KGB Human Intelligence Operations in Israel”, in Michael Herman &Gwilym Hughes (eds.), Intelligence In The Cold War: What Difference Did It Make?, Routledge, 2012, pp. 110-131.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “Commissions of Inquiry as Agents of Change in the Israeli Intelligence Community “, in Farson Stuart and Phythian Mark (eds.), Commissions of Inquiry and National Security: Comparative Approaches, Praeger, Santa Barbara, 2011, pp. 158-178.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “Justice and Ethics in Israeli Counter-Terrorism”, in Bergman-Rosamond Annika and Phythian Mark (eds.), War, Ethics and Justice: New Perspectives on a Post-9/11 World, Routledge, London, 2011, pp. 150-165.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “Speak No Evil: Intelligence Ethics in Israel”, in Goldman Jan (ed.), Intelligence Ethics Vol. 2, Scarecrow Press/Rowman & Littlefield, Maryland, 2009, pp. 59-72.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “National Perceptions of Intelligence in Israel” inGill Peter, Farson Stuart, Phythian Mark and Shpiro Shlomo (eds.), Handbook of Global Security and Intelligence - Vol. 2: Europe, the Middle East and South Africa, Praeger, New York, 2008, pp. 570-587.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “UNIFIL and EU BAM: The Limits of European Security Engagement in the Middle East”, in Roby Nathanson & Stephan Stetter, Renewing the Middle East, Tel-Aviv/Brussels, 2008, pp. 85-111.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “Friends in the Dark: The First Decade of German-Israeli Intelligence Cooperation” in Uhlmann Milena (ed.), Die deutsch-israelischen Sicherheitsbeziehungen, Berliner-Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin, 2008, pp. 76-89.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “National Perceptions of Intelligence in Israel” inGill Peter, Farson Stuart, Phythian Mark and Shpiro Shlomo (eds.), Handbook of Global Security and Intelligence - Vol. 2: Europe, the Middle East and South Africa, Praeger, New York, 2008, pp. 570-587.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “Israel-NATO Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Cooperation”, in Beatrice de Graaf & Ben de Jong (eds.), Battleground Western Europe, Spinhuis, Amsterdam, 2007, pp. 147-167.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “European Peacekeeping and Observer Missions in the Middle East”, in Nathanson Roby and Stetter Stephan, The Middle East Under Fire, Berlin 2007, pp. 47-64.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, Parliamentary and Judicial Oversight of Israel’s Intelligence Community, in Smidt Wolbert and Poppe Ulrike(eds.), Geheimhaltung und Transparenz (Secrecy and Transparency), Lit Verlag, Berlin, 2007, pp. 196-213.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “Israel-EU Security Justice and Home Affairs Cooperation: One Year into the Action Plan”, in Nathanson Roby and Stetter Stephan, The Israel-EU Action PlanMonitor, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Tel-Aviv, 2006, pp. 135-186.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “Communicating Security: Terrorism and Security Policy as Campaign Issues in Germany and Israel”, in Baron Britta (ed.), Von Grüblern und Frühaufstehern, DAAD, Bonn, 2006 (Ger.).

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo & Becher Klaus, “European-Israeli Security and Defence Cooperation: Expectations and Impediments”, in Nathanson Roby and Stetter Stephan, The Israeli European Policy Network, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Tel-Aviv, 2005, pp. 152-174.

 

  1. Shpiro Shpiro, „The Mossad and the Eichmann Operation “, in Wolfgang Krieger, Weltgeschichte der Spionage, Beck Verlag, Munich, 2003, pp 298-313.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “Intelligence, Peacekeeping and Peacemaking in the Middle East”, in Wies Platje & Ben de Jong, Peacekeeping Intelligence, OSS, Virginia, 2003, pp. 101-114.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo & Rynhold Jonathan, “50 Years ofIsraeli Foreign Policy – Framework and Influencing Factors” in Angelika Timm (ed.), Israel – Informationen zur politischen Bildung, BPB, Bonn, 2003, pp 48-55.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “Communicating Interests Across History: German-Israeli Security Cooperation”, in Goren H. (ed.), Germany and the Middle East, Hebrew University Magnes Press, Jerusalem, 2002, pp. 305-330.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “Parliament, Media and the Control of Intelligence Services in Germany”, in Brodeur J.-P., Gill P. & Tollborg D. (eds.), Democracy, Law and Security: Internal Security Services in Contemporary Europe, Ashgate, London, 2002, pp. 294-315.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “Journalistes et spiones: les services de renseignement et d’information allemands au Proche-Orient”, in Trimbur D. & Aaronson R. (eds.), De Bonaparte a Balfour: La France, l’Europe occidentale et la Palestine, CNRS-Éditions, Paris, 2001, pp. 71-88.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “Terrorism, Media and Intelligence Co-operation” in Masala C. & Jacobs A., Hannibal ante Portas, Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden, 2000, pp. 143-160.

 

  1. Shpiro Shlomo, “EU External Third Pillar Cooperation: Enhancing Regional Stability, promoting Democracy and Securing Critical EU Interests”, in Costa L. & Fromhart S., East Meets West: The Challenge of Enlarging Europe, Columbia University, New York, 1998.

 

 

Last Updated Date : 16/08/2022