Destabilised by the Houthi-led battle for the strategic region of Marib, Riyadh is rethinking its response so as not to lose the city, with the help of advice from the US and Pakistan.
The former head of Chinese affairs within the Japanese foreign ministry has been named national security adviser as Tokyo attempts to balance its economic ties with China with security concerns.
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The Ukrainian government is poised to sell off everything from distilleries to electricity plants in a major privitisation drive, with the help of Western-trained experts.
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France and Moscow's battle for influence in Africa does not impress Guinean prime minister Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, who has hired a Russian consultant with a well-padded Parisian address book to help him with his own balancing act.
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Recently called as an expert witness in a case into the death of US soldiers in Iraq, former spy Michael Pregent is often interviewed in the media, revealing an anti-Iranian stance that has helped him land consulting work.
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The UK's ministry of defence has shown its support in Geollect, a start-up incubated by the GCHQ, with an increasing number of contracts. The latest is a highly-strategic mission to provide a pysops platform for the Royal Navy, recently caught in information warfare in the Black Sea.
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