Subtitle:
Warsaw Pact Espionage in Africa
Activity Type:
Lecture Series / Brown Bag
Promo Image:
Presenter:
Natalia Telepneva
Date:
Thursday, March 7, 2019 - 12:00 to 13:30
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Location:
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Contact Person:
Sera Passerini
Contact Phone:
4126487407
Contact Email:
smp125@pitt.edu
A live interview with Natalia Telepneva, University of Warwick
The Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact satellites were ideologically, materially, and geopolitically committed to aiding national liberation struggles in Africa during the Cold War. Communist states gave economic aid, provided weapons, and sent spies and military advisors. This live interview with Natalia Telepneva will explore the relationship between Soviet and Warsaw Pact policy and activities in African anti-colonial struggles, the role of espionage in the Cold War and the influence of Soviet and Warsaw Pact secret services on the development of state security in post-independent Africa.
UCIS Unit:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Other Pitt Sponsors:
Department of History
Department of Political Science
World Regions:
Russia/Eastern Europe