Hannes Adomeit

Hannes Adomeit     (academic)
Born	9 November 1942 Memel, Eastern Prussia, Germany
Died	25 April 2022 (Age 79)
Nationality	German
Alma mater	Free University of Berlin, Columbia University
Member of	Integrity Initiative/Cluster/Germany
Interests	Russian propaganda
Spooky German academic who headed up the German cluster of the Integrity Initiative.  Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Security Studies In office 2017 - 2022 Employer University of Kiel Also headed the German cluster of the Integrity Initiative.  Professor In office 2007 - 2017 Employer Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik Also headed the German cluster of the Integrity Initiative.  Research Fellow In office 1997 - 2007 Employer Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik  Director of the Program for Russia and Eastern Europe In office 1989 - 1997 Employer Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy  Research Fellow In office 1979 - 1989 Employer Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik  Deputy Director of the Center for International Relations In office 1977 - 1979 Employer Queen's University  Research Associate In office 1972 - 1973 Employer International Institute for Strategic Studies

Hannes Adomeit was a German Cold Warrior and political scientist who headed the German cluster of the Integrity Initiative, possibly reporting to Harold Elletson.

Background

Adomeit was born in Memel, which for a few years during WW2 was part of East Prussia

He studied at the Free University of Berlin and received his PhD from Columbia University in 1972.

Career

From 1972 to 1973 he was a research associate at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London. From 1973 to 1977 he was a lecturer in Soviet foreign and security policy at the Institute for Soviet and East European Studies at the University of Glasgow. From 1977 to 1979 he was in Kingston, Canada, deputy director of the Center for International Relations at Queen's University and visiting professor at the Royal Military College.

From 1979 to 1989, he was a research associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Ebenhausen and Berlin, from 1997 to 2007 in Berlin. From 1989 to 1997 he was associate Professor of International Politics at Tufts University in Boston, from 2006 to 2014 part-time professor at the College of Europe in Natolin, Poland.

He worked with the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS) at Johns Hopkins University as well as Bosch Public Policy Fellow at the Transatlantic Academy in Washington, D.C. and Non-Resident Fellow at the Institute for Security Politics at the University of Kiel (ISPK), from where he also led the German cell of the Integrity Initiative.

He died on 25 April 2022 in Berlin, aged 79.

 

Documents by Hannes Adomeit

Title	Document type	Publication date	Description
Document:Domestic Determinants of Russia’s anti-Western Campaign	analysis draft	28 November 2018	II analysis of Russian foreign policy (outline)
Document:Russia’s Information War in Germany: How Moscow is Changing German Minds	analysis	12 November 2018	II scrutinizing their German enemies. "it is possible, to glimpse the bacillus travelling through the body politic, weakening resolve and undermining confidence at critical moments"
Document:The German Cluster − Interim Report –	report	10 March 2018	Overview of the German cell of Integrity Initiative; lots of journalist and old Cold War intelligence workers.

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Cold War Then and Now?	13 October 2018 09:30:00	13 October 2018 16:30:00	London City of London School UK	A free conference that appears to have been part of a broader campaign by the Institute for Statecraft to promote Cold War 2.0.

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