Although the Caspian Sea summit meeting held in Ashkahabad in Turkmenistan on April 23-24 resulted in a consensus between the five governments bordering the sea the very circumstances of the agreement could trigger future regional conflicts.
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Considered a man particularly skilled in handling sensitive issues for prime minister Lionel Jospin, who is on the verge of [...]
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The White House nominated James Jeffrey as ambassador to Albania on April 24, a post subject to Senate approval. Jeffrey [...]
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Aged 33, Corinne Estrade-Bordry has been put in charge of lobbying services at Publicis Consultants, becoming director of public affairs [...]
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Vice-president of the affiliate Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc., the pharmaceutical research branch of the Aventis group, Daniel Pasheles is considered one [...]
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Ever since April 16 Britain's spies don't have to suffer snubs from their bosses without complaint. On that day, officials [...]
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The West German investigation into the attack against the synagogue in Ghriba in Tunisia has gradually cast a spotlight on [...]
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For nearly 10 years the travels of Syrian-born arms merchant Monzer Al Kassar have rung alarm bells in certain places. [...]
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The chief superintendent Hubert Marty-Vrayance from the headquarters of the French police intelligence agency Renseignement Generaux, whose initials HMV in [...]
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French defense minister Alain Richard paid a courtesy call on Riyadh in early April, ostensibly to promote the sale of France's Leclerc tank. But there were no trade advisers in his delegation.
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Washington's role in the putsch against Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez doesn't mean a return to bad old times. Rather, it testified to the economic agenda of many of the Bush administration's most influential backers.
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The trading operations of Russian businessman Slava Saizev remain wrapped in mystery. His oil deals allegedly hide money-laundering transactions.
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A flurry of terrorist attacks in Sanaa has cast doubt over the relevance of U.S. military assistance to Yemen. Congressional [...]
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Ever since the French judicial authorities began investigating Yeslam Bin [...]
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The son of the late Shah of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, [...]
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France's Dassault Aviation and Sagem announced on April 17 that they had teamed up to design a new generation of fast and stealthy unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs). Intelligence Online takes a look at the project.
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In only a few weeks time DARPA in the U.S. will unveil FOPEN SAR, a synthetic aperture radar capable of identifying decoys and camouflaged equipment. The U.S. army expects to start using the initial version in 2003.
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The 15th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI) scheduled for [...]
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The U.S. government's National Communications System has awarded a contract [...]
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The U.S. administration seems to have been persuaded by the [...]
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Will the London office of Hill & Knowlton take up the special relationship that its rival Burson-Marsteller entertained with the [...]
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The beleaguered Argentine government has called on a lobbyist skilled in handling the U.S. administration's trickiest issues to help it [...]
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The first results of research on the visual display of strategic information will be announced on April 30. The program [...]
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In the wake of the Enron affair, regulatory bodies and stock exchange watchdogs in the industrial world are all busily [...]
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From its bureau in London, the huge public affairs company Edelman has set out to bolster its position in Germany by laying on extra services and hiring top people on the domestic market.
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The firm Competia is organizing its annual seminar on the [...]
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The Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO) is organizing a [...]
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