FRIDAY (May 10, 2019)

12:00-12:30 Registration

12:30-13:00 Welcome and Opening

Shlomo SHPIRO, Chairman of the IIHA
Robert RÜCKEL, Director of the German Spy Museum

13:00-15:00 Panel I: Between East and West – Espionage in Berlin

Chair: Shlomo SHPIRO, Bar Ilan University, Israel

Rüdiger BERGIEN, Centre of Contemporary History Potsdam, Germany: The Tapped Politburo: Western Espionage in the SED Central Committee Apparatus, 1950–1972
Thomas BOGHARDT, US Army Center of Military History Washington D.C, USA: America’s Secret Army: The 7880 Military Intelligence Detachment in Berlin
Bruce M. MACKAY, National Intelligence University, USA: West Berlin: Home to Odd, Curious, and Strange Intelligence Collection Efforts of the Cold War
Susanne MUHLE, Berlin Wall Foundation: City of Kidnappings. The Abduction Practice of the East German Secret Police and the Western Reactions in Cold War Berlin

15:00-15:30 Coffee Break

15:30-17:30 Panel II: Intelligence and International Relations

Chair: André RANSON, French Ministry of Defence, France

Torben GÜLSTORFF, Freelance Historian Berlin, Germany: The Invisible Hand. West German Undercover Operations to Channel Nation-building Processes during the Early Stages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lutz HEILMANN, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany: Knowledge and Intelligence in the Early Cold War. Partisan and Stay-Behind Networks in Austria and Germany
Susan PERLMAN, National Intelligence University, USA: US Intelligence and the French Crisis of 1947
Jens WEGENER, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany: Handle with Care: CIA-BND Cooperation in the Field of Electronic Data Processing during the “Information Explosion,” 1964-1974

17:30-18:00 Keynote Speech: Shlomo SHPIRO – 25 Years of IIHA – Do Intelligence Studies Make Better Intelligence Services?

18:00 Evening Reception at the German Spy Museum

SATURDAY (May 11, 2019)

09:00-10:00 Young Researcher Forum

Young Researcher Forum I

Young Researcher Forum II

10:00-10:30 Coffee Break

10:30-12:30 Panel III: The place to be: International Intelligence Services in Germany during the 20th century

Chair: Anna ABELMANN, Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany

Gordan AKRAP: Hybrid Warfare Research Institute, Croatia:Walesa, Woytila, „Angelo“ and KGB/HVA/SBU: Active Measures in Germany
Michael Eric LAMBERT, Sorbonne University, France: The French Military Intelligence in Berlin (1966-1994)
Ephraim LAPID, Bar Ilan University, Israel: International Opportunity Windows, 1940-1952– The Origins of the Israeli Mossad
Danny PRONK, Netherlands Institute of International Relations, The Netherland: Thinker, Sailor, Soldier, Spy: Our Men in BerlinThe Netherlands Military Mission at the Allied Control Council for Germany, 1945-1949

12:30-14:00 Lunch Break

14:00-16:00 Panel IV: Intelligence and Diplomacy

Chair: Charlotte BACKERRA, University of Darmstadt, Germany

Roberto DURAN, Catholic University of Chile, Chile:Diplomacy and Intelligence: A Study about Three South-American countries, 1970-2000
Sophia HOFFMANN,Leibniz-Center Modern Orient, Germany: The GDR’s Ministry of State Security’s Relations with the Arab Middle East: Intelligence as an Integral Element of Diplomacy
Wolfgang KRIEGER, University of Marburg, Germany:Spying and Diplomacy: The German BND and Its Western Partners from 1945 to the 1960s
Donald P.STEURY, University of Maryland, USA: Naval Arms Control and Intelligence in the Prewar Era: The Bismarck as an Intelligence Problem

16:00-16:30 Coffee Break

16:30-18:00 Panel V: Intelligence, Transparency and Whistleblowers

Chair: Eva JOBS, University of Marburg, Germany

Adrian HÄNNI, University of Zurich, Switzerland:“Terrorist Diplomacy”: West European Intelligence Services and Secret Diplomacy with International Armed Groups during the Cold War
Anne-Simone ROUS, Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities: Ciphers as Whistleblowers: Circles and Compasses of Secrecy in the 18th century
Michael WALA, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany: Otto John – Patriot or Traitor? A Story of International Intelligence Entanglements and Disinformation

18:00-19:00 Annual Membership Meeting of the IIHA

19:00 Evening Reception at the German Spy Museum

SUNDAY (May 12, 2019)

09:00-11:00 Panel VI: Intelligence, Diplomacy and Embassies

Chair: Chris MORAN, University of Warwick, UK

Dina REZK, University of Reading, UK: The Unstable Watch Tower: America’s Cairo Embassy and the Egyptian Leadership
Daniela RICHTEROVA,Brunel University, UK: Intelligence, Terrorism and Liaison: Middle Eastern embassies in the East Bloc
Nikita SHAH, University of Warwick, UK: Beijing 1967: An Embassy in Flames
Zakia SHIRAZ, University of Leicester, UK: Diplomats Under Siege: The M-19 and the Bogotá Embassy Takeover of 1980

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break

11:30-13:30 Panel VII: Intelligence Today

Chair: Richard ALDRICH, University of Warwick, UK

Samantha HOSSACK, University of Waterloo, Canada: Failing in Transition: The Failure of the United States’ Intelligence System and its Effects on International Relations
Christopher NEHRING, University of Heidelberg, Germany & Constant HINJZEN, University of Leiden, The Netherland: Comparing the Watchdogs – German and Dutch Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight
Allen PIETROBON, American University, USA: Journalist or Intelligence Agent? The fine line between reporting the news and intelligence gatherings
Pedro PONTE E SOUSA, New University of Lisbon, Portugal: Is there any Intelligence at All? Portuguese Foreign Policy, Secrecy, the National Interest, and Transparency

End of Conference