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SPOTLIGHT

network centric warfare

Civil Industry Moves In On Military

In around five to ten years' time the concepts of network centric warfare (NCW) and network centric operations (NCO) are not only going to change the way wars are fought but also alter homeland security systems in the industrial world. (...) [ 679 words ] [ €8 ]

Networks & organizations

Network Centric Warfare : BAE at heart of Britain's Network Enabled Capability (NEC) [ FREE ]

Political Intelligence

Security
The Politics in Lebanese Bank Deal
	The decision on who wins a tender to supply a secure communications system for the Lebanese central bank could be eminently political in nature. (...) [ 328 words ] [ €5 ]

Wmd
Same Mistake in N. Korea as Iraq?
	For want of reliable information on weapons of mass destruction the Americans could make the same mistakes in North Korea as they did in Iraq. (...) [ 287 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

Cairo
Hassan Abdulrahman
	Succeeding gen. Salah Mustapha Salame, gen. Hassan Abdulrahman has just become boss of the most important of Egypt's four intelligence agencies, Mabahes amn al Dawla (State Security Investigative Service). (...) [ 247 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Washington
James Pavitt
	A lot of senior officials in the CIA's Directorate of Operations are slamming the door on the agency these days but none will have much trouble in finding work in the private sector, if James Pavitt's example is anything to go by. (...) [ 148 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Intelligence
Suleiman Plan for Palestine
	With backing from Washington, Egyptian intelligence chief general Omar Suleiman has presented a blueprint for a shake-up of Palestinian security forces. (...) [ 440 words ] [ €5 ]

ORGANIZATIONS

Paris
Squeezed Between Ministers
	One can easily imagine how uncomfortable Pierre de Bousquet de Florian, head of France's DST, must have felt on the occasion. (...) [ 425 words ] [ €5 ]

BAGHDAD
Iran Wins and Loses a Battle
	The fight for Faluja had the paradoxical effect of throwing Iraq's Sunni fundamentalists into the arms of the Iran's Shi'ite regime. (...) [ 331 words ] [ €5 ]

Encryption
An Unprecedented Cash Injection
	The Pentagon is going to spend $1.4 billion to update its encryption products, services and methods. That's quite a revolution. (...) [ 220 words ] [ €5 ]

Nationalism
Did Japanese Revisionism Kill?
	The death of Sino-American historian Iris Chang in California on Nov. 11 has raised a lot of questions, not least of which is whether she was murdered. (...) [ 228 words ] [ €5 ]

SIGNPOSTS

CORRUPTION - SEEKING IRAQ'S TREASURE

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LOOKING AHEAD

Washington - Huge Content, Faint Signals

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Paris - Strategic Triangle

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Rabat - Biometric Identity

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Business Intelligence and Lobbying

	paris
	Tightening Lid on Laundering
		French banks are bolstering their anti-money laundering units as a result of stiffer regulations. This is particularly the case of Credit Agricole. (...) [ 255 words ] [ €5 ]

	Brussels
	Who's to Pay for Airline Security?
		The airline lobby in Brussels is seeking to reduce the security burdens that weigh on the industry but also wants the EU to compensate carriers in the event of terrorist attack. (...) [ 178 words ] [ €5 ]

FIRMS

LONDON
ArmorGroup to Seek Listing
	The British security firm ArmourGroup has asked Hoare Govett, an affiliate of ABN Amro, to advise it on an eventual flotation on the London Stock Exchange. (...) [ 257 words ] [ €5 ]

NEW YORK
Deloitte Fishes in Kroll Pond
	The Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu accountancy has poached two executives from Kroll to beef up its business intelligence unit. Theresa Porch, a former director at Kroll's New York office, will take charge of due diligence operations at Deloitte while John Leonard, former head of Kroll's office in Madrid, will be tasked with developing business intelligence operations in Latin America. (...) [ 213 words ] [ €5 ]

PARIS
La Fontaine's European Aims
	The discreet Groupe La Fontaine, which was set up in November, 2002, to represented business intelligence and strategy chiefs at many of France's leading corporations, is keen on becoming a European club. (...) [ 197 words ] [ €5 ]

	Paris
	The Daewoo Man with Connections
		Despite criminal charges against him in South Korea, the former chairman of Daewoo, Kim Woo-Chong, is continuing to work as a consultant to a big French engineering group. (...) [ 340 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

London
John Carnt
	Charles Blackmore, who was appointed chief of the London office of Decision Strategies/Vance International (DS/VI) a year ago, is continuing to take on new staff. (...) [ 190 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Paris
D. De Combles de Nayves
	The former French ambassador to Hungary, Dominique de Combles de Nayves, has just joined the French law firm August & Debouzy with a mandate to land lobbying contracts for the French firm in central and Eastern Europe. (...) [ 186 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	Baghdad
	Law Firms in Dubious Position
		Several law firms employed by the new Iraqi government to negotiate the country's debts or try to recover money siphoned off from the Oil-for-Food program could face conflicts of interest. (...) [ 629 words ] [ €5 ]