Yiftah Shapir

Yiftah Shapir of the INSS in a photo from the INSS website. Accessed 12 November 2012.

Yiftah Shapir is head of the INSS Middle East Military Balance project and for 10 years was co-editor of the annual publication Middle East Military Balance.

Career History

• Senior research associate - Investment Support Systems Inc
• Director of the Military Balance Project - Institute for National Security Studies
• Officer - The Israeli air force
• Air Force Intelligence Officer and Analyst - Jaffee Center
• Military Analyst - Jaffee Center
• IDF Intelligence Officer and senior researcher - Jaffee Center
• Space Analyst - Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University
• Military Analyst - Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University
• Weapons Expert - Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University
• Military Expert - Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University

Current Activities

Shapir is currently head of the INSS Middle East Military Balance project and is also a senior research associate at Investment Support Systems Inc.

Publications

• Shapir, Yiftah., 'More Trouble for the F-35?', INSS Insight, No. 314, February 15, 2012.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'How Many Domes Does Beer Sheva Need?', INSS Insight No, 277, August 28, 2011.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'The F-35 Deal: An Enlightened Purchase?', Strategic Assessment, Volume 13, No. 4, January 2011.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'The White Army against Iran: The Saudi Weapons Deal', Part 2, INSS Insight, No. 218, November 2, 2010.
• Magen, Zvi. and Shapir, Yiftah., 'Adornment of the Syrian Bride?', INSS Insight, No. 209, September 21, 2010.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'Iran's Late-Summer Display', INSS Insight, No. 205, September 5, 2010.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'The Saudi Arms Deal', INSS Insight, No. 200, August 17, 2010.
• Magen, Zvi., Shapir, Yiftah. and Bagno-Moldavsky, Olena., Russian Arms Exports to the Middle East: A Means or an End?', Strategic Assessment, Volume 13, No. 2, August 2010.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'Trends in Military Buildup in the Middle East', in Strategic Survey for Israel 2010, eds. Shlomo Brom and Anat Kurz, Tel Aviv: Institute for National Security Studies, 2010.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'The United States and the Buildup of Military Force in the Persian Gulf', INSS Insight, No. 161, February 14, 2010.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'Israel's Arms Sales to India', Strategic Assessment, Volume 12, No. 3, November 2009.
• Magen, Zvi. & Shapir, Yiftah., 'Supplying Iran with S-300 Systems', INSS Insight, No. 126, August 26, 2009.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'Iran's Ballistic Missiles', Strategic Assessment, Vol. 12, No. 2, August 2009.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'Trends in Military Buildup in the Middle East', in: Brom, Shlomo and Kurz, Anat, (Editors), Strategic Survey for Israel 2009, Tel Aviv: Institute for National Security Studies, 2009.
• Shapir, Yiftah, 'Hamas' Weapons', Strategic Assessment, Volume 11, No. 4, February 2009.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'An Iranian Satellite in Space', INSS Insight, No. 92, February 9, 2009.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'An Iranian Ambassador in Space?', INSS Insight, No. 69, August 31, 2008.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'Saber Rattling and Demonstrations of Missile Power', INSS Insight, No. 63, July 21, 2008.
• Shapir, Yiftah S. and Brom, Shlomo., 'The Regional Military Balance', in The Middle East Strategic Balance 2007-2008, Mark A. Heller, ed. Tel Aviv: Institute for National Security Studies, 2008.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'The Launch of the Iranian Kavoshgar Rocket', INSS Insight, No. 48, March 5, 2008.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'The Launch of Israel’s TecSAR Satellite', INSS Insight, No. 44, February 12, 2008.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'The Syrian Army Buildup', Strategic Assessment, Vol. 10, No. 2, August 2007.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'The Saudi Arms Deal', INSS Insight, No. 27, August 7 2007.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'Anti-Rocket Defense: A Waste of Taxpayers’ Money?', INSS Insight, No. 18, May 30 2007.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'Artillery Rockets: Should Means of Interception be Developed?', Strategic Assessment, Vol. 9, No. 2, August 2006.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'Iran's Strategic Missiles', Strategic Assessment, Vol. 9, No. 1, April 2006.
• Shtauber, Zvi. and Shapir, Yiftah., eds, 'The Middle East Strategic Balance 2005-2006', Sussex Academic Press (Brighton) and The Institute for National Security Studies, (Tel Aviv), 2006.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'Trends in Military Procurement and Buildup' in: Zvi Shtauber and Yiftah S. Shapir, eds., The Middle East Strategic Balance 2005-2006, Sussex Academic Press (Brighton) and Institute for National Security, (Tel Aviv), 2006.
• Shtauber, Zvi. and Shapir, Yiftah., eds, 'The Middle East Strategic Balance 2004-2005', Sussex Academic Press (Brighton) and The Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies,(Tel Aviv), 2006.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'Iran’s Efforts to Conquer Space', Strategic Assessment, Vol. 8, No. 3, November 2005.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'Satellite Technology in the Middle East', Strategic Assessment, Vol. 7, No. 1, May 2004.
• Brom, Shlomo and Shapir, Yiftah., 'The Egyptian Armed Forces' in: Shlomo Brom and Yiftah S. Shapir, eds., The Middle East Strategic Balance 2003-2004, Sussex Academic Press (Brighton) and Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University, (Tel Aviv), 2004.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'Iranian Missiles: The Nature of the Threat', Tel Aviv Notes, No. 83, July 9 2003.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'North Korean Missiles for Yemen: Is There a Missing Link?', Tel Aviv Notes, No. 59, December 22 2002.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'Libyan Weapons of Mass Destruction: Qaddafi Redux?', Tel Aviv Notes, No. 49, September 12 2002.
• Brom, Shlomo. and Shapir, Yiftah., 'Erecting a Separation Fence', Tel Aviv Notes, No. 42, June 27 2002.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'Ballistic Missiles in Iran', Tel Aviv Notes, No. 41, June 10 2002.
• Shapir, Yiftah., 'Syria and Libya: Beyond the Axis of Evil', Tel Aviv Notes, No. 37, May 14 2002.

Affiliations

• Institute for National Security Studies