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Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of War Studies, King's College London
📕#WatchingTheJackals (#WTJ) teaser: In the 1970s & 80s, Prague became a favourite destination for 'Cold War jackals'—hijackers, bombers & hostage-takers seeking to spotlight their causes. Individuals and groups linked to the Palestinians cause - #PLO, #PFLP, #AbuNidal or the Venezuelan-born #CarlosTheJackal, frequently visited the Czechoslovak capital. #WTJ reveals how Czechoslovakia responded to their visits and interacted with them abroad via 5 strategies: • Liaise • Watch • Infiltrate • Block • & Oust. Each approach brought unique #challenges and #dilemmas, forcing the StB—Czechoslovakia’s State Security Service—to carefully weigh risk, adapt and strategise. Department of War Studies, King's College London, Cambridge Security Initiative
