Professor Uzi Arad is an Israeli strategist and a well-known figure in foreign policy, security, and strategic circles in Israel and abroad. He is a fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies. Between 1997 and 1999 Arad was a foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu on secondment from the Mossad, in which he served for more than two decades, culminating in his tenure as Director of Research (Intelligence). Between 2009 and 2011 Arad served as the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel and head of the Israeli National Security Council (INSC). Following his National Security Council term, Arad returned to the academic disciplines.