Colonel (Ret.) Adi Bershadsky

Adi served in the Israeli Air Force and served as the Head of Human Resource Planning Division in her last role – marking the first time that a woman served as a colonel in the Israeli Air Force. She was also the first woman in IDF history to serve as a military attaché and was posted in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. She has over 30 years of experience in strategic thinking, long-term planning, and leading complex systemic processes in the IDF, the defense industries, and the civilian sector. Since retiring from the IDF, she’s owned a private business focused on international business development in the fields of defense technology, agriculture, and medicine. She has 20 years of experience serving as a board director (including independent director) and member of executive boards in public, governmental, and private companies as well as NGOs. In most of these, she served as Chair of the Audit Committee. Among them: Israel Military Industry -IMI, Israel Aerospace Industry -IAI She actively serves in the IDF reserves and is a member of Forum Dvorah.

A billboard with a graphic design about the Strait of Hormuz on a building in Tehran, Iran, May 6, 2026.

No shots fired since the ceasefire - opinion

IDF's F-35I "Adir" used during Operation Roaring Lion.

Doomsday weapon: Not nuclear arms but a war with no end - opinion

Demonstrators including Israeli and Palestinian activists take part in a demonstration in support of peace near the West Bank city of Jericho October 19, 2016

If the world spent even 10% on peace, everything could look so different - opinion


The frontline is no longer at the border, it's in our living rooms - opinion

Reflections on Operation Roaring Lion and possible paths to its end

 An illustrative image of a public safe room in Israel, requiring the ability to climb down a narrow flight of stairs.

Israel’s true secret weapon cannot be exported - opinion

There is also no other nation with such a vast and active reserve force.

IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. September 18, 2025.

The tipping point that changes history - opinion

Why wars often end precisely when escalation appears out of hand

 L to R: Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, US President Donald Trump against backdrop of respective flags and missile strikes.

Strategic autonomy in an unstable world is no longer optional - opinion

Growing risks show that alliances help, but true national safety demands internal strength. Security cannot be outsourced.

 Attendees examine a Uvision Hero-400 loitering munition at the Mistral Group, Inc. booth at Special Operations Forces (SOF) Week for defense companies, in Tampa, Florida, US, May 7, 2024.

Trump and the Gaza deal: Thinking big, acting smart-opinion

By applying the mindset described in his book to the geopolitical chessboard of our region that Trump is achieving what many thought impossible

US President Donald Trump addresses the Knesset following Hamas's release of the remaining 20 live hostages from Gaza, October 13, 2025.

Israel’s secret weapon is not technology, not money-but society

Tanks, aircraft and lasers are important, but without resilience, mutual responsibility, camaraderie, civic initiative and national pride - nothing will endure.

People celebrate at Hostages Square, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 9, 2025

From reactive to strategic: Israel in a new geopolitical arena

Israel stands at a geopolitical crossroads, facing new threats and unprecedented opportunities.

 An illustration of the Israel flag over computer code.

The power that replaces tanks and missiles is the war of perception

This is a war not fought primarily on physical terrain but in the minds of people

Vehicles stop at a red traffic light, a day after an Israeli attack on Hamas leaders, in Doha, Qatar, September 10, 2025.

Robots against robots: Will technology end wars or escalate them?

Even in an age of advanced and “precise” weaponry, human tolls in wars remains staggeringly high

Drone being remotely controlled

The absence of strategy is a strategic threat: How Israel is harmed by lack of long-term planning

How the lack of long-term planning jeopardizes our security, economy, and national vision,

(Illustrative) Military chiefs discuss strategy