Adrian Hänni
Biographic Data
| ID | 3766554 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adrian Hänni |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adrian |
| FAMILY NAME | Hänni |
| SIGNATURE | HÄNNI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Adrian College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9613-8706 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Terrorism in the Cold War
Accounts of the relationships between states and terrorist organizations in the Cold War era have long been shaped by speculation, a lack of primary sources and even conspiracy theories. In the last few years, however, things have evolved rapidly. Using a wide range of case studies including the KGB's Abduction Program, Polish Military Intelligence and North Korea's 'Terrorism and Counterterrorism', this book sheds new light on the relations betw…
Death to traitors? The pursuit of intelligence defectors from the Soviet Union to the Putin era
This article argues that Russia’s use of lethal violence against intelligence defectors has to be understood as a public spectacle in which Russian leaders and intelligence officials never intended to hide their role. This “theatrical murder” functions primarily as a political signaling tool for a reasserting Russia to communicate to distinct domestic and foreign audiences. We historicize the phenomenon by outlining and explaining the KGB’s appro…
Secret Bedfellows? The KGB, Carlos the Jackal and Cold War Psychological Warfare
This article contributes to the understanding of the emergence, character, and significance of conspiracy theories on state–terrorism relations by providing a historical case study on the “Carlos–KGB [Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti] conspiracy theory”: the fictional narrative that the “super-terrorist” Carlos the Jackal was an agent of the KGB, exploited against the Soviet Union's Cold War enemies. The analysis shows that the stories origin…
Among Spies, Popes, and the Good Cyrenians
When around 1200 representatives of national and international Catholic lay organizations came together at the First World Congress of the Lay Apostolate in Rome in October 1951, the absence of del
“Read it in the papers, seen it on TV…”
This article contributes to the study of political simulations of terrorism as a hyperreality with a historical analysis of the Libyan hit squad scare that haunted the United States over several weeks in late 1981, when the US media and Reagan administration officials warned of an imaginary hit squad of terrorists sent to Washington by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to assassinate President Reagan. Through an analysis of a range of declassified do…
A chance for a propaganda coup? The Reagan administration andThe Day After(1983)
In November 1983, in a period of revived nuclear fears and immediately before the deployment of Pershing II missiles in Western Europe, ABC aired The Day After, a film depicting the aftermath of a nuclear attack on the United States. The broadcast attracted around 100 million viewers, making it the most-watched television film in the history of the medium, and the nuclear freeze movement heavily exploited the movie as a propaganda instrument. Bas…
Secret Bedfellows? The KGB, Carlos the Jackal and Cold War Psychological Warfare
This article contributes to the understanding of the emergence, character, and significance of conspiracy theories on state–terrorism relations by providing a historical case study on the “Carlos–KGB [Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti] conspiracy theory”: the fictional narrative that the “super-terrorist” Carlos the Jackal was an agent of the KGB, exploited against the Soviet Union's Cold War enemies. The analysis shows that the stories origin…
“Read it in the papers, seen it on TV…”
This article contributes to the study of political simulations of terrorism as a hyperreality with a historical analysis of the Libyan hit squad scare that haunted the United States over several weeks in late 1981, when the US media and Reagan administration officials warned of an imaginary hit squad of terrorists sent to Washington by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to assassinate President Reagan. Through an analysis of a range of declassified do…
A chance for a propaganda coup? The Reagan administration andThe Day After(1983)
In November 1983, in a period of revived nuclear fears and immediately before the deployment of Pershing II missiles in Western Europe, ABC aired The Day After, a film depicting the aftermath of a nuclear attack on the United States. The broadcast attracted around 100 million viewers, making it the most-watched television film in the history of the medium, and the nuclear freeze movement heavily exploited the movie as a propaganda instrument. Bas…
Among Spies, Popes, and the Good Cyrenians
When around 1200 representatives of national and international Catholic lay organizations came together at the First World Congress of the Lay Apostolate in Rome in October 1951, the absence of del
Secret Bedfellows? The KGB, Carlos the Jackal and Cold War Psychological Warfare
This article contributes to the understanding of the emergence, character, and significance of conspiracy theories on state–terrorism relations by providing a historical case study on the “Carlos–KGB [Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti] conspiracy theory”: the fictional narrative that the “super-terrorist” Carlos the Jackal was an agent of the KGB, exploited against the Soviet Union's Cold War enemies. The analysis shows that the stories origin…
Death to traitors? The pursuit of intelligence defectors from the Soviet Union to the Putin era
This article argues that Russia’s use of lethal violence against intelligence defectors has to be understood as a public spectacle in which Russian leaders and intelligence officials never intended to hide their role. This “theatrical murder” functions primarily as a political signaling tool for a reasserting Russia to communicate to distinct domestic and foreign audiences. We historicize the phenomenon by outlining and explaining the KGB’s appro…
Terrorism in the Cold War
Accounts of the relationships between states and terrorist organizations in the Cold War era have long been shaped by speculation, a lack of primary sources and even conspiracy theories. In the last few years, however, things have evolved rapidly. Using a wide range of case studies including the KGB's Abduction Program, Polish Military Intelligence and North Korea's 'Terrorism and Counterterrorism', this book sheds new light on the relations betw…
Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Cold war (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Intelligence, Security, War Strategy (3 works) · Terrorism (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Media studies (2 works)