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Russia, South Africa
Moscow courts South Africa's far-right cells

The Kremlin is using a Russian nationalist organisation, the Double-Headed Eagle Society, to woo the rainbow nation's white supremacists in the hope of influencing Pretoria from the wings.

Subscribers only 21.11.2024

Spotlight | China, United States
The controversial intelligence report that will be the first test of Trump's China policy

Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump at the G20 summit in June 2019. © DPA/Picture Alliance via Reuters Connect

Subscribers only 20.11.2024

China, United States
Beijing bets on cultural diplomacy to keep channels open with new US administration

Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump in 2019. © Kyodo/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Running story - China in Western Europe 20.11.2024

Iraq's national security adviser Qasim al-Arajii (right) with Iran's deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran on 10 November 2024. © Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Anadolu/AFP

Spotlight | Iran, Iraq
Iraqi spymaster Qasim al-Araji in Tehran to prepare for Trump's return

Bracing for a new US administration, Iraq's national security adviser reputedly close to Tehran, Qasim al-Araji, was recently sent to the Iranian capital with the delicate mission of protecting Iran's security while sparing US interests on the other.

Subscribers only 19.11.2024

La France Insoumise (LFI) MP Bastien Lachaud. © Antonin Burat/Le Pictorium/MaxPPP

France
French foreign intelligence civilian staff spark salary envy

French far-left LFI party's MP Bastien Lachaud's opinion on the defence ministry's budgetary programmes puts the spotlight on DGSE foreign intelligence service staff sent abroad.

Subscribers only 19.11.2024

John Ratcliffe, future director of the CIA. © Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Spotlight | United States
With Ratcliffe at CIA helm, Heritage Foundation takes up residence in intelligence community

The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank which has drawn up a programme of radical reforms tailored for Donald Trump, has found an influential ally in future CIA director John Ratcliffe, who is likely to open the doors to the US intelligence community.

Subscribers only 18.11.2024

The Intelligence Gazette
DGSE construction staff screened, New UK Special Boat Service Association boss, Death penalty for China propaganda official, Le Cercle meets in Bucharest

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

FranceMass screening of construction staff working on DGSE new building

United KingdomFormer national security adviser Mark Sedwill buoys up Special Boat Service Association

ChinaDeath penalty for propaganda traitor

Europe/United StatesHighly secretive club Le Cercle convenes in Bucharest

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 18.11.2024

France, Russia
Russian interference in France: on the trail of a French Telegram disinformation ringmaster

Intelligence Online tracked down the elusive Frenchman behind a Moscow-funded Telegram channel, Fifth Republic, who publishes Kremlin propaganda from the city of Nantes in western France. The French domestic intelligence agency, DGSI, is keeping an eye on him.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 18.11.2024

View of the French city of Nantes through the Rings. Moscow's Cathedral of Saint Basil the Blessed in inset.

Azerbaijan, France
On COP29 sidelines, lawyers ramp up efforts to defend one of their French clients in Baku

Lawyers representing French nationals held in Azerbaijan are taking advantage of the world climate conference being held in Baku to raise awareness of their client Théo Clerc's predicament.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 18.11.2024

Spotlight, Spy Way of Life | Philippines, United States
The Manila Elks Club, a hub for US intelligence vets and low-profile guests

Across the globe, spies gather in inconspicuous places for discreet conversations. This week, Intelligence Online heads to the Philippines to visit the Manila Elks Club, where American members invite their local friends to share their expertise.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 15.11.2024

The Manila Elks Club is located on the 7th floor of the Corinthian Plaza, in the Makati district of Manila.

China, Pakistan
Beijing demands Islamabad favour army over police for protection of Chinese interests

In a bid to stem the escalation of violence against both the Chinese diaspora and Beijing's other interests in Pakistan, the Chinese ministry of state security urged Islamabad to involve the Pakistani army in their protection.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 15.11.2024

Pakistani paramilitary soldiers in front of a factory in Karachi where, according to the police, two Chinese nationals were shot, 5 November 2024.

Canada, France, Iran
Visa refusal review for researcher of Iranian origin with alleged links to Revolutionary Guards

A French administrative court has suspended a decision to refuse to grant long-stay visas to a couple who are of Iranian origin and who have been recruited to teach at the University of Picardy and a business school in Amiens.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 15.11.2024

United States
US counter-terrorism faces evolving threats during political changeover

During the transition period following Donald Trump's election, the National Counterterrorism Center is looking to recruit new analysts in the face of shifts in international terrorism and their domestic repercussions.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 14.11.2024

Brett Holmgren, acting director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC).

France
Xavier Tytelman: YouTuber and provider of Ukraine feedback to French military and defence industry

A successful YouTuber and regular guest on French television to talk about the war in Ukraine, Xavier Tytelman also acts as an interface between those fighting in Ukraine and France's armed forces and defence industry.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 13.11.2024

French defence consultant and YouTuber Xavier Tytelman.

United States
US intelligence creates new counternarcotics executive role to tackle greater workload

The illegal drug trade is a matter of national security in its own right that has both homeland implications and geopolitical ramifications, and it is changing the shape of the US intelligence community. Washington has responded by creating the role of a coordinator to address the issue as a whole.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 13.11.2024

Spotlight | Russia
Russian disinformation operation targets Western intelligence officials

The Ralph Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies, a new ghost organisation run by Russian intelligence, claims to expose, among other things, the secrets of CIA officers and US military intelligence officials.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 12.11.2024

The Ralph Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies website appeared online this summer. According to Intelligence Online's sources, it bears the hallmark of the FSB.

France, Indonesia
False start to French-Indonesian relations under Prabowo

The absence of a senior-ranking French dignitary at the president's inauguration did not go unnoticed in Jakarta, while the ratification of a cooperation agreement between the two countries has snagged on the issue of sharing of classified information.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 12.11.2024

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto (L) receives François Corbin, special representative of the French minister of Europe and foreign affairs for economic relations with ASEAN countries, on 21 October 2024 in Jakarta.

France
French ex-spy chief trial to expose murky private intelligence work for LVMH

The trial of Bernard Squarcini, a former head of France's domestic intelligence service, opens on Wednesday in Paris. The case has exposed the details of the many subcontractors who operated on behalf of the luxury group LVMH and its boss Bernard Arnault.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 12.11.2024

Bernard Squarcini, former director of France’s domestic intelligence service, the DCRI.

The Intelligence Gazette
DGSE training camp revamp, Wagner hires for Africa, Xi's talk with Macron at G20, New military intelligence chief in Hanoi, Viginum awaits its hour against Baku

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

FranceDGSE to bring parachutist training centre up to scratch

RussiaWagner's Africa Corps is hiring

China/FranceXi and Macron to discuss Ukraine at G20 summit in Rio

VietnamPham Ngoc Hung closes 10-year chapter as military intelligence chief

FranceViginum awaits its hour against Baku

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 11.11.2024

Ukraine, United States
Despite Kyiv's requests, FBI is blind to US fighters in Ukraine

A series of missteps has highlighted the United States' lack of visibility regarding its nationals fighting in Ukraine. This is due both to non-existent coordination with Kyiv and to friction between US security agencies.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 11.11.2024

International Ukrainian Legion volunteers in training near Kyiv on 24 October 2023.

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China, Europe Chinese influence and interference in Western Europe

Armenia, Azerbaijan, France Information wars in the Caucasus

France Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

North Korea, Russia Moscow and Pyongyang's budding 'romance'

Insiders | China Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

Government Intelligence

Russia, South Africa Moscow courts South Africa's far-right cells

Spotlight | China, United States The controversial intelligence report that will be the first test of Trump's China policy

China, United States Beijing bets on cultural diplomacy to keep channels open with new US administration

Spotlight | Iran, Iraq Iraqi spymaster Qasim al-Araji in Tehran to prepare for Trump's return

France French foreign intelligence civilian staff spark salary envy

Spotlight | United States With Ratcliffe at CIA helm, Heritage Foundation takes up residence in intelligence community

The Intelligence Gazette DGSE construction staff screened, New UK Special Boat Service Association boss, Death penalty for China propaganda official, Le Cercle meets in Bucharest

FranceMass screening of construction staff working on DGSE new building

United KingdomFormer national security adviser Mark Sedwill buoys up Special Boat Service Association

ChinaDeath penalty for propaganda traitor

Europe/United StatesHighly secretive club Le Cercle convenes in Bucharest

France, Russia Russian interference in France: on the trail of a French Telegram disinformation ringmaster

Azerbaijan, France On COP29 sidelines, lawyers ramp up efforts to defend one of their French clients in Baku

Spotlight, Spy Way of Life | Philippines, United States The Manila Elks Club, a hub for US intelligence vets and low-profile guests

China, Pakistan Beijing demands Islamabad favour army over police for protection of Chinese interests

Canada, France, Iran Visa refusal review for researcher of Iranian origin with alleged links to Revolutionary Guards

United States US counter-terrorism faces evolving threats during political changeover

France Xavier Tytelman: YouTuber and provider of Ukraine feedback to French military and defence industry

United States US intelligence creates new counternarcotics executive role to tackle greater workload

Spotlight | Russia Russian disinformation operation targets Western intelligence officials

France, Indonesia False start to French-Indonesian relations under Prabowo

France French ex-spy chief trial to expose murky private intelligence work for LVMH

The Intelligence Gazette DGSE training camp revamp, Wagner hires for Africa, Xi's talk with Macron at G20, New military intelligence chief in Hanoi, Viginum awaits its hour against Baku

FranceDGSE to bring parachutist training centre up to scratch

RussiaWagner's Africa Corps is hiring

China/FranceXi and Macron to discuss Ukraine at G20 summit in Rio

VietnamPham Ngoc Hung closes 10-year chapter as military intelligence chief

FranceViginum awaits its hour against Baku

Ukraine, United States Despite Kyiv's requests, FBI is blind to US fighters in Ukraine

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China, Europe
Chinese influence and interference in Western Europe

Armenia, Azerbaijan, France
Information wars in the Caucasus

France
Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States
The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

North Korea, Russia
Moscow and Pyongyang's budding 'romance'

Insiders | China
Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar
Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

Russia, South Africa
Moscow courts South Africa's far-right cells

Spotlight | China, United States
The controversial intelligence report that will be the first test of Trump's China policy

China, United States
Beijing bets on cultural diplomacy to keep channels open with new US administration

Spotlight | Iran, Iraq
Iraqi spymaster Qasim al-Araji in Tehran to prepare for Trump's return

France
French foreign intelligence civilian staff spark salary envy

Spotlight | United States
With Ratcliffe at CIA helm, Heritage Foundation takes up residence in intelligence community

The Intelligence Gazette
DGSE construction staff screened, New UK Special Boat Service Association boss, Death penalty for China propaganda official, Le Cercle meets in Bucharest

France, Russia
Russian interference in France: on the trail of a French Telegram disinformation ringmaster

Azerbaijan, France
On COP29 sidelines, lawyers ramp up efforts to defend one of their French clients in Baku

Spotlight, Spy Way of Life | Philippines, United States
The Manila Elks Club, a hub for US intelligence vets and low-profile guests

China, Pakistan
Beijing demands Islamabad favour army over police for protection of Chinese interests

Canada, France, Iran
Visa refusal review for researcher of Iranian origin with alleged links to Revolutionary Guards

United States
US counter-terrorism faces evolving threats during political changeover

France
Xavier Tytelman: YouTuber and provider of Ukraine feedback to French military and defence industry

United States
US intelligence creates new counternarcotics executive role to tackle greater workload

Spotlight | Russia
Russian disinformation operation targets Western intelligence officials

France, Indonesia
False start to French-Indonesian relations under Prabowo

France
French ex-spy chief trial to expose murky private intelligence work for LVMH

The Intelligence Gazette
DGSE training camp revamp, Wagner hires for Africa, Xi's talk with Macron at G20, New military intelligence chief in Hanoi, Viginum awaits its hour against Baku

Ukraine, United States
Despite Kyiv's requests, FBI is blind to US fighters in Ukraine