Former Military Intelligence chief Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Tamir Hayman was named managing director of the Institute for National Security Studies, the INSS announced Sunday.
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Hayman is slated to will replace Brig. Gen. (ret.) Udi Dekel, who served as head of the IDF's Planning Directorate and as the institute's director for a decade.
Hayman's "military experience, especially in research and intelligence, will help increase the INSS' influence in shaping future Israeli security policy," the institute said in a statement.
"I see great value in research aimed at influencing policy, and welcome that the multidisciplinary task-oriented research concept that we utilized in the Military Intelligence Directorate is also used at INSS," Hayman said.
