Predicting critical events, an institutional challenge.
... “maskirova”? Late in April, without much explanation, all clocks stopped. The Saudi Press Agency reported that Prince Bandar was relieved of his post as Chief of General Intelligence and that General Youssef bin Ali Al-Idrisi was assigned ... ... job as director of military intelligence. In a lateral move, Kochavi was made head of the prestigious Northern Command that runs along borders with Syria and Lebanon and includes the Golan Heights, where anti-Assad rebels armed with TOW missiles courtesy ...