Major General (retd) Amos Yadlin was named director of Tel Aviv University’s Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in November 2011 after more than 40 years of service in the Israel Defense Forces, during ten of which he was a member of the IDF General Staff. Before his appointment as Director of INSS, Yadlin joined the Washington Institute for Near East Policy as the Kay Fellow on Israeli national security. He has written on national security, force development, intelligence, civil-military relations, and the military ethics of fighting terror. From 2006–2010, Yadlin served as the IDF’s Chief of Defense Intelligence. From 2004–2006 he served as the IDF attache to the United States. In February 2002, he earned the rank of Major General and was named Commander of the IDF Military Colleges and the National Defense College. A former Deputy Commander of the Israeli Air Force, he has commanded two fighter squadrons and two airbases. He has also served as Head of the IAF Planning Department from 1990 to 1993. Yadlin holds a BA in economics and business administration from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He also holds a Master’s in Public Administration from the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.