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Wittenberg 2003

 

9th ANNUAL MEETING -- 2003

 
"Intelligence and Political Enemies --
Intelligence and Terrorism in the 20th Century"

 

11-13 July 2003
LEUCOREA– Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany

Conference Organizer:
Prof. Dr. H.-J. Rupieper
(Department of History, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)

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Conference Program:

  Friday, 11 July 2003
13.00-14.00
Arrival
14.00 Welcome
Prof. Dr. H.-J. Rupieper, University of Halle-Wittenberg
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Krieger, University of Marburg
14.30

Panel I – Chair: Prof. Dr. H.-J. Rupieper
"State Security of the GDR and its Relationship with the Universities, the Peace Movement and the Terrorists from Western Europe and the Near East"

Dr. Michael Ploetz, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, Berlin
Die Rolle der Stasi im nikaraguanischen Bürgerkrieg der 80er Jahre


Benjamin Fischer, History Staff CIA
East German Intelligence's Exploitation of the Western Peace Movement and the European 'Terror Scene' During the Early 1980s


15.30 Coffee Break
16.00

Panel I cont'd

Steffen Reichert, Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Die nach innen gerichtete Tätigkeit der Stasi an der M-L-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

Dr. Udo Baron
Rolle des MfS in der Friedensbewegung

Beatrice Jansen-de Graaf, University of Utrecht
Whose fifth column? Stasi and the Dutch Peace Movement in the Eighties


18.30
Dinner
20.00
Keynote Address:
21st Century Intelligence: A History from the Future
Robert David Steele, OSS.Net, Washington, D.C.

Introduction: Dr. Sigurd Hess, IIHA

Saturday, 12 July 2003
9.00

Panel II – Chair: Prof. Dr. Shlomo Shpiro, Bar-Ilan University
”Intelligence Services and Political Change”

Dr. Jill Sherry Bellamy-Dekker, University of Antwerp
EU Intelligence Integration

Paul Maddrell, University of Wales
Spying in Germany before and after Building the Berlin Wall

Professor Dr Ioannis Loucas, Hellenic Naval Academy
International Geopolitics, Intelligence and the '17 November' Affair

10.30
Coffee Break
11.00 Panel II cont’d – Chair: Prof. Dr. Shomo Shpiro

Dr. Hans-Joachim Hoppe, Direktor, Universität Köln
The New NATO Members – Are they Reliable? A Comparative Review on Intelligence Structures and Political Changes

Yuri Totrov, Russia
The US intelligence Operations in China in 1945-49: A Failed Attempt to Block a Course of the History

Dr. Gerd Krüger, Institut für Diaspora- und Genozidforschung, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Aktive antibolschewistische Gegenspionage - Nachrichtendienste im politischen Leben der Weimarer Republik

12.30-13.30 Lunch Break
13.30

Panel III – Chair: Prof. Dr. Krieger
”Suppression of Domestic Opposition and Ethnic Minorities”

Ibrahim Al-Marashi, US Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
The Iraqi Intelligence Agencies and Kuwaiti Resistance During the Occupation of Kuwait

Dr. Maté Szabo, ELTE Politologia Tanszek, Hungary
Kadar und das System der Überwachung auf der Basis der ungarischen Gauck-Behörde

Dr. Matitiahu Mayzel, Dept. of History, Tel-Aviv University
The Beria Crisis - Conspiracy and Succession Struggle

15.00 Coffee Break
15.30

Panel III cont’d – Chair: Prof. Dr. Krieger

Matthias Uhl, IfZ - Außenstelle Berlin
Die stalinistischen Säuberungen in NKWD und GRU

Bekir Cinar, University of Hull
The Turkish Case or Fighting Terrorists and Foreign Agents: Internal Intelligence Organizations in the Western Democracies

16.30

Panel IV – Chair: Prof. Dr. Michael Wala, University of Munich
“Fighting Terrorists and Foreign Agents: Internal Security Organizations in the Western Democracies"

Christoph Franceschini, Bozen
Südtirol-Terror der 60er Jahre und Verwicklung der Geheimdienste

David Robarge, USA
Moles, Defectors, and Deceptions: John Angleton and CIA Counterintelligence

Prof. Bob de Graaff, Department of History of Intern. Relations, University of Utrecht
The Fight Against the New Fanaticism

18.00
Dinner
20.00
Informal Meeting (IIHA Membership Meeting)
Sunday, 13 July 2003
9.00

Panel IV cont’d – Chair: Prof. Dr. Michael Wala

Dr. Charles G. Cogan, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Offensive Hunt Strategy

Wolbert Smidt, Berlin
Entwicklung der Aufklärung und Abwehr des internationalen Terrorismus durch deutsche Nachrichtendienste

David Crawford, Wall Street Journal, Berlin
Terrorist Investigation in Germany: The Hamburg Cell and the 'Rasterfahndung'

10.45 Coffee Break
11.15 Round Tabel Discussion
"Intelligence and Political Enemies, Intelligence and Terrorism in the 20th Century "

Prof. Dr. H. - J. Rupieper, University Halle-Wittenberg

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Krieger, University of Marburg

Prof. Dr. Shlomo Shpiro, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

Dr. Sigurd Hess, Rear Admiral, German Navy ret.

Prof. Dr. Michael Wala, University of Munich

12.30
Lunch and End of Conference
14.00 Historical Tour of Wittenberg
approx. 17.00 Program ends
 
 

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