The Dado Center for Interdisciplinary Military Studies ( he, מרכז דדו לחשיבה צבאית בינתחומית) is a

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Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...

aimed at

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activities. It was named after ''

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'' David "Dado" Elazar. (11 June 2020)
"AI Singularity and the Growing Risk of Surprise: Lessons from the IDF's Strategic and Operational Learning Processes, 2014-2019"
''PRISM'', Vol. 8, No. 4.

History

The Dado Center is rooted in the activities of the Operational Theory Research Institute (OTRI, Hebrew abbreviation: MALTAM), a similar organisation which was established in 1995 and dismantled in 2005, following a harsh report by the state comptroller. Brig. Gen. , assigned to the job in 2006, reestablished the institute at the beginning of 2007 as "The Dado Center for Interdisciplinary Military Studies". Brun was replaced by Yoram Hamo in 2011, followed by in 2014 and then Eran Ortal in 2019.

Areas of activity

The Dado Center operates in three primary fields, as: * A center for learning processes which accompanies the IDF central thinking processes. In this role, it assists in methodology and content top bodies in the IDF General Staff, heads of the regional commands, and the commanders of other top bodies in the IDF as they carry out processes of critical military analysis and development of strategies and

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. * A school for the development of senior military leadership in operational thought. In this role, the center prepares senior officers for positions in the IDF General Staff, and runs targeted seminars to groups of officers on learning processes and operational thought, in order to develop new organizational and operational concepts. * A research institute that employs both civilian and military researchers for data

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and study of various subjects connected to the center's activities. As part of its activities, the center also runs wargames for senior commanders, joint learning seminars with foreign militaries, and joint day-long seminars between the IDF and academic bodies. Eran Ortal's Quote

Publications

As part of its role of developing learning approaches for the highest ranks in the IDF, the center develops and disseminates a series of internal professional manuals. Since February 2014, the center publishes a journal named "Bein Haktavim" (

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בין הקטבים), lit. "Between the Poles", which is edited by Brig. Gen. Eran Ortal. The journal seeks to develop IDF's knowledge processes on what's new and developing phenomena. The Dado Center Journal influences the IDF. Each issue of "Bein Haktavim" is dedicated to a different subject. The journal is published online on the Ma'arachot publishing website, and is distributed to senior IDF commanders, government officials, research institutes, relevant civil organizations, colleges and universities.

References

External links

The Dado Center English website

''Bein Haktavim'' page
at the IDF homepage (in Hebrew). Accessed 2022-03-13. *
Special Episode - ''Operational Design''
The Dado Center Podcast, 11 June 2021 * Ortal, Eran
"Turn On the Light, Extinguish the Fire: Israel's New Way of War"
''War on the Rocks'' web magazine, 19 January 2022. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dado Center for Interdisciplinary Military Studies Military units and formations of Israel Military science Military journals Publications established in 2014 Quarterly journals

History

Areas of activity

Publications

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