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SPOTLIGHT

SPACE

End to Europe-U.S. Standoff on Galileo ?

Little by little the wide gap in American and European positions on the frequencies to be used by Europe’s future Galileo satellite navigation system appears to be narrowing. Contrary to media reports, and particularly in Germany, a meeting held between the two sides in The Hague last month wasn’t a flop even though some major differences weren’t resolved. (...) [ 713 words ] [ €8 ]

Networks & organizations

Space : The Consortia Competing for Galileo Concession [ FREE ]

Political Intelligence

COMPETITIVENESS
Finally, Politics Enters Picture
	At least 700 prominent political, business, military and intelligence figures crammed into the auditorium of France's Military Institute in Paris on Dec. 1 to attend a seminar on business intelligence (...) [ 569 words ] [ €5 ]

FUNDAMENTALISM
Riyadh Clears Out Embassies
	Strong U.S. pressure on Saudi Arabia to crack down on the funding of terrorism through the zakat system (payments to welfare organizations) is forcing Riyadh to take strong measures. (...) [ 223 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

BAGHDAD
Farouk Hijazi
	Returning to Baghdad last month from Washington where George W. (...) [ 268 words ] [ €1,5 ]

PARIS
Alain Juillet
	After a long career as a businessman, Alain Julliet was named director of intelligence at DGSE in October of last year (IOL 440). (...) [ 111 words ] [ €1,5 ]

DEFENCE
Demonstrators for 2004
	In his report on the France's defense budget for 2004, senator Jean Faure laid out the French armament board DGA's research guidelines for next year. (...) [ 209 words ] [ €5 ]

ORGANIZATIONS

WASHINGTON
NSA Compelled to Share Intercepts with Others
	The pooling of sources and fusion of databases seems to remain a leading priority of the U.S. intelligence community. In a moved linked to the 2004 budget, Congress has called on CIA director George Tenet and defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld to commit themselves by Dec. (...) [ 221 words ] [ €5 ]

BEIJING
Chinese Brace For Infowar Assaults
	In recent months, China's security services have been pulling out all the stops to protect their intelligence community's computer networks and hardware. (...) [ 353 words ] [ €5 ]

CAIRO
Still Fighting Over Succession
	Weakened by illness, president Hosni Mubarak is having a lot of trouble imposing his son Gamal as his successor in the face of resistance by the powerful military and security community backed by general Omar Suleiman, head of the General Intelligence service. (...) [ 105 words ] [ €5 ]

NEGOCIATIONS
Paris-Sarkozy puts off Riyadh visit again
	Already cancelled on several occasions, a visit that French interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy was to have paid to Saudi Arabia this week was postponed once again. (...) [ 71 words ] [ €1,5 ]

TERRORISM
Yemen a New U.S. Base
	Yemen's president, general Ali Abdallah Saleh, and his son, colonel Ahmed Saleh, have become strong allies of the U.S. in the fight against Islamic terrorist movements. (...) [ 428 words ] [ €5 ]

BRUSSELS
Hill & Knowlton Ahead of Game
	Even though the official site of Ireland's presidency of the Union which starts on Jan. (...) [ 148 words ] [ €1,5 ]

PARIS
Smart Materials
	Speaking at a seminar in the French Senate on ?warfare of the future,? (...) [ 139 words ] [ €1,5 ]

AMMAN
Mediating Between Tehran and Washington
	Visiting Washington last week, King Abdallah 2 of Jordan offered his services as a mediator who could help Iran and the U. (...) [ 158 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Agenda

MIAMI BEACH, FEB. 4-6
Sixty Anti-Laundering Experts
	No less than 60 high level experts will speak at the 9th annual ? (...) [ 140 words ] [ €1,5 ]

WASHINGTON, FEB. 10
The Billions Needed for Iraq Reconstruction
	The Center for Reconstruction & Development, which has specialized in reconstruction projects across the globe since 1996, is organizing a conference entitled ? (...) [ 85 words ] [ €1,5 ]

RIYADH, FEB. 15-18
Satellites for the Gulf
	In a sign of the growing interest in the Gulf countries for space technology, the Space Research Institute at the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) is organized a conference entitled ? (...) [ 105 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Business Intelligence and Lobbying

	MOSCOW
	Exxon Could Grab Sibneft
		U.S. oil companies haven't dropped the idea of breaking into the Russian market. The planned merger between Yukos and Sibneft would have benefited Chevron but now the merger is off it could be Exxon's turn to win big. (...) [ 230 words ] [ €5 ]

	PARIS
	Battery Runs Out to U.K.
		The Alcatel group's recent sale of the high tech French firm SAFT to the British private equity fund manager Doughty Hanson for 390 million euros ($468 million) went largely unnoticed. (...) [ 224 words ] [ €5 ]

FIRMS

BAGHDAD
SPX Deploys its Own Forces in Iraq
	The U.S. firms Decision Strategies (DS) and Vance International (VI) have opened an office in Baghdad under the name DS Vance Iraq. (...) [ 283 words ] [ €5 ]

LONDON
Kroll Bolsters Legal Side of Business
	The U.S. group Kroll is continuing to build up its operations in all areas linked to security, new technology and dispute management. (...) [ 251 words ] [ €5 ]

DAMASCUS
Breakthrough for Air France Industries
	Pierre Bonnard and Stephane Ravion, two young businessmen who belong to the Chambre de Commerce Francaise pour les Pays du Proche et Moyen Orient, have succeeded in landing a major contract in Syria after four years of high-level lobbying. (...) [ 172 words ] [ €5 ]

	WEAK SIGNALS
	Washington – CIA to track Foreign Software
		Congress has called on the CIA director to present it with a report by Feb. (...) [ 65 words ] [ €1,5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

PARIS
Aurelie Filippetti
	At first glance, nothing would seem to single out a young, successful novelist, Aurelie Filippetti, as the right person to head the Promethee foundation that the business intelligence concern ADIT will inaugurate in January. (...) [ 262 words ] [ €1,5 ]

WASHINGTON
Patrick Theros
	A former political adviser to the US Central Command, ex-head of the State Department's Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs and former U. (...) [ 120 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	PARIS/RIYADH
	SOFRESA in Disarray
		A sharp decline in armaments deals between France and Saudi Araabia is forcing SOFRESA, a private firm that served as go-between for the French government, to radically overhaul its operations. (...) [ 402 words ] [ €5 ]

Influence Strategy

	BRUSSELS
	A Database Can Inspire Copy Cats
		The controversy over Washington's demand that European airlines provide data on their passengers flying to the U.S. (IOL 465) has tended to mask other equally insistent demands. (...) [ 396 words ] [ €5 ]

Risk Assesment

	FRANCE
	Integrism
		The controversy over Moslem women wearing the veil at school or in government posts, which has raged in France for several months, has stirred deep resentment in Moslem countries. (...) [ 111 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	SOUTH KOREA
	Money laundering
		The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and South Korea's Financial Intelligence Unit are engaged in talks on signing a memorandum of understanding to trade information on the fight against money-laundering in early 2004. (...) [ 127 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	UNITED STATES
	Corruption
		A trial that will unfold this week in Los Angeles is expected to demonstrate that measures designed to fight corruption weren't applied by Boeing Corp. (...) [ 83 words ] [ €1,5 ]