Brig. Gen. Yossi Kuperwasser

A Policy-Oriented Think Tank Addressing Foreign Policy and National Security Issues for a Safe Israel

Director of JISS

Brig. General (Res.) Yosef Kuperwasser is the director of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security (JISS). He is also the head of the Institute for the Research of the Methodology of Intelligence at the Israeli Intelligence Community Commemoration and Heritage Center. and the founder and chairman of the board of a company for the benefit of the public that supports Israel and the Jewish people fight against antisemitism and anti-Israel initiatives.

Brig. General Kuperwasser was formerly the Director General of the Ministry of International Affairs and Strategy. In his long career at the IDF, he served as Assistant Defense Attaché for Intelligence at the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC (1992-1994), Chief Intelligence Officer of the IDF Central Command (1998-2001), and Head of the Analysis and Production Division of the IDF Directorate of Military Intelligence (2001-2006). He had a significant role in determining Israel’s coping methods with terror as well as regional developments, and sharing such analysis with the US and other foreign entities.

Before joining JISS Kuperwasser was a senior project manager on regional affairs at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs and a research fellow at the Misgav Institute for Zionist Strategy.

Kuperwasser authored a wide variety of publications on the Middle East, terrorism and intelligence and he is an opinion contributor to various Israeli and international papers and other media outlets.

Brig. Gen. (Res.) Kuperwasser was the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Visiting Fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution (2006-2007). Following his retirement, Brig. Gen. (Res.) Kuperwasser was VP of Global CST, a security consultancy firm.

Brig. General Kuperwasser has a B.A. in Arabic language and literature from the Haifa University and an M.A. in economics from the Tel Aviv University.

Iran Is Cornered, and That Threatens the West

With Iran weakened militarily after the 12-day war and its economy in free fall following the reimposition of sanctions, the regime may resort to military action against Israel or the West in the coming months

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A 360 Degree Assessment of Israel’s Strategic Arenas

JISS Director Brig. Gen. (Res.) Yossi Kuperwasser sits down with Yaakov Lappin for a 360 degree assessment of all of the arenas around Israel. They look at the formation of two Gazas, one controlled by Hamas and the second by Israel, the scenarios going forward for the Strip, the need to expose the PA’s role in Judea and Samaria, and then they turn their sights to Lebanon, Syria, and Iran. Tune in.

13/11/2025