Comparing Defense Innovation in the United States, China,
Comparing Defense Innovation in the United States, China,
Russia, and India
Speaker Biographies
Dmitry (Dima) ADAMSKY is Associate Professor at the Lauder School of Government,
Diplomacy and Strategy at the IDC Herzliya, and is a Head of the BA Honors Track in
Strategy and Decision Making. Prior to joining the school in 2010, he has been a preand post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University, a visiting fellow at the Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University and at the Norwegian Institute for Defense
Studies. His research interests include international security, strategic studies, cultural approach to international relations, modern military thought, nuclear strategy, American,
Russian and Israeli national security policy. He has published on these topics in Foreign
Affairs, Journal of Strategic Studies, Intelligence and National Security, Studies in
Conflict and Terrorism, Journal of Cold War History, and Defense and Security Studies.
His books Operation Kavkaz (Hebrew) and The Culture of Military Innovation (Stanford
University Press) earned the annual (2006 and 2012) prizes for the best academic works on Israeli security. In addition to his academic career, in his positions in the Israeli
Ministry of Defense and the IDF, Dr. Adamsky has carried out intelligence analysis and strategic policy planning. In the latter capacity, he served as assistant secretary of the committee charged with formulating Israel's national security concept.
Richard A. BITZINGER is a Senior Fellow and Coordinator of the Military
Transformations Program at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at
Nanyang Technological University, where his work focuses on security and defense issues relating to the Asia-Pacific region, including military modernization and force transformation, regional defense industries and local armaments production, and weapons proliferation. Mr. Bitzinger has written several monographs and book chapters, and his articles
Russia, and India
Speaker Biographies
Dmitry (Dima) ADAMSKY is Associate Professor at the Lauder School of Government,
Diplomacy and Strategy at the IDC Herzliya, and is a Head of the BA Honors Track in
Strategy and Decision Making. Prior to joining the school in 2010, he has been a preand post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University, a visiting fellow at the Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University and at the Norwegian Institute for Defense
Studies. His research interests include international security, strategic studies, cultural approach to international relations, modern military thought, nuclear strategy, American,
Russian and Israeli national security policy. He has published on these topics in Foreign
Affairs, Journal of Strategic Studies, Intelligence and National Security, Studies in
Conflict and Terrorism, Journal of Cold War History, and Defense and Security Studies.
His books Operation Kavkaz (Hebrew) and The Culture of Military Innovation (Stanford
University Press) earned the annual (2006 and 2012) prizes for the best academic works on Israeli security. In addition to his academic career, in his positions in the Israeli
Ministry of Defense and the IDF, Dr. Adamsky has carried out intelligence analysis and strategic policy planning. In the latter capacity, he served as assistant secretary of the committee charged with formulating Israel's national security concept.
Richard A. BITZINGER is a Senior Fellow and Coordinator of the Military
Transformations Program at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at
Nanyang Technological University, where his work focuses on security and defense issues relating to the Asia-Pacific region, including military modernization and force transformation, regional defense industries and local armaments production, and weapons proliferation. Mr. Bitzinger has written several monographs and book chapters, and his articles