In the article, written before the current crisis and published by the Israel Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center, Milstein says intelligence may end up being relegated to operations only. He recommends the integration of modernity and tradition: the reinforcement of intelligence people’s familiarity with the language and culture, together with a mastery of modern skills like Big Data analysis. This combination doesn’t guarantee success in predicting the future, but at least it can improve our ability to accurately read the present.