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SPOTLIGHT

Nuclear Energy

A Race to Build First Arab Power Plant

To make up for their declining oil reserves the United Arab Emirates is to issue a call for bids next year for the construction of several nuclear power plants - The project is both a major trade opportunity and geopolitical headache for Western leaders. (...) [ 709 words ] [ €7 ]

Networks & organizations

London : The Political and Business Dealings of Top Copper Stevens [ FREE ]

Political Intelligence

Gaza Strip
Hamas Could Play for Time
	The Islamic movement needs the current truce to continue in order to build up its arsenal and complete work on tunnels that would allow it to escape the Israeli armed forces. (...) [ 283 words ] [ €4 ]

Washington
Escalation in Cyber War
	To back up its recommendations concerning electronic security, a panel of experts has unveiled certain cyber war operations carried out in the United States. (...) [ 158 words ] [ €4 ]

DECISION MAKERS

Washington
Pete Hoekstra
	Chairman of the permanent select committee on intelligence between 2004-2006 and the ranking Republican on the panel ever since, Pete Hoekstra, a representative from Michigan, said on Dec. (...) [ 160 words ] [ €1,3 ]

Beirut
Daniel Bellemare
	In charge of the United Nations’ independent investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri since last year, the Canadian national, Daniel Bellemare, presented his 11th interim report to the Lebanese government on Dec. (...) [ 199 words ] [ €1,3 ]

Paris
How to Defend Against a Dirty Bomb?
	The French government is taking the threat of a radiological attack very seriously, as a seminar at a defence organization made abundantly clear. (...) [ 383 words ] [ €4 ]

ORGANIZATIONS

Beijing
Guoanbu Backs Indian Rebels
	India is not only a victim of special services operating near its western border who may - or may not- have had advance knowledge of the Mumbai terrorist assault. (...) [ 231 words ] [ €4 ]

Moscow
Riyadh Butters Up Russian Experts
	To delay work on the Iranian nuclear power station at Bushehr, Saudi Arabia is handing out generous payments to Russian experts working on the facility who agree to quit and go home. (...) [ 176 words ] [ €4 ]

Amman
New Rear Base for Mujahidin?
	The fate of 3,500 fighters from the People’s Mujahideen (Mujahedeen-e Kalq, or MEK), currently in the Ashraf camp in Iraq under the control and protection of the American Army, remains highly uncertain (IOL 570/573). (...) [ 265 words ] [ €4 ]

Paris
Tehran Hunts Down its Opponents
	Iranian secret service agents in Europe give chase to the regiment’s opponents, even before the courts. Not always successfully. (...) [ 268 words ] [ €4 ]

Beijing
A Tibetan Mole in China
	For once, it wasn’t the Chinese who infiltrated Tibetan organizations, but the opposite.. (...) [ 292 words ] [ €4 ]

SIGNPOSTS

Washington - An Admiral to Take Top Intelligence Post

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LOOKING AHEAD

Paris - French Government Sponsors Betancourt

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Washington - Quantico a Military Police Center

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Berlin - Estonian Spy Worked Both Sides of Street

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Business Intelligence and Lobbying

	Paris
	Military Contract on Hold in Athens
		French arms suppliers have been courting Costas Caramanlis’ Greek government for years and fear it may fall because of street unrest. (...) [ 198 words ] [ €4 ]

	Washington
	Liechtenstein’s Man in the U.S.
		The object of a tense debate in the U.S. Senate, the principality of Liechtenstein has negotiated an agreement to exchange information thanks to the help of a former Clinton administration aide. (...) [ 230 words ] [ €4 ]

FIRMS

Paris
Second Cash Injection for Ercom
	Counting among a band of small French firms considered as specialists in telecommunications security, encryption and analyzing Internet content, Ercom is preparing to raise EUR 10-15 million early in the new year. (...) [ 248 words ] [ €4 ]

London
Pirates Beware! An Admiral is Pursuing You
	A former commander of Britain's Fleet Air Arm, rear admiral Scott Lidbetter, has been working for some months as a consultant to the private security concern Veritas International that was founded in 2005 by two former British special forces officers, Simon Rowland and Neil Strang. (...) [ 137 words ] [ €4 ]

Paris
Former Television Correspondent to Advise Gazprom
	An affiliate of the Russian gas behemoth Gazprom, Gazprom Marketing & Trading France, has retained the services of the lobbying and public relations concern Gplus Europe, an affiliate of the American PR giant Omnicom. (...) [ 153 words ] [ €4 ]

Brussels
ESICS Plants Flag in United States
	A stalwart supporter of the Atlantic Alliance in its books, reports and policy, the European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center (ESISC) plans to set up a firm in the United States, ESISC North America. (...) [ 107 words ] [ €4 ]

	Tehran
	Iran Air’s Secret Purchases
		To get around American sanctions, Iran Air is using a raft of go-betweens to acquire second-hand Boeing aircraft. But the deals don’t always pan out. (...) [ 337 words ] [ €4 ]

DECISION MAKERS

London
John Holmes
	Director of international affairs at the private British security company Erinys since 2003, retired major general John Holmes left the company early this month to devote himself fully to the chairmanship of the business intelligence firm Titon International. (...) [ 165 words ] [ €1,3 ]

Washington
Christopher Padilla
	Replaced this summer as assistant secretary of commerce for export administration, Christopher Padilla has just joined the management team at the firm C&M International, an affiliate of the Crowell & Moring LLP law concern. (...) [ 191 words ] [ €1,3 ]

	Moscow
	Counter-Offensive in Altimo Affair
		The Russian telecoms group Altimo has claimed that Norway’s Telenor is trying to destabilize it by using consultants as proxies. One of the firms named by Alfa is fighting back. (...) [ 277 words ] [ €4 ]

	Washington
	Obama Recruits at Stonebridge
		Barack Obama is increasingly hiring staffers from the Stonebridge group which advises multinationals and has excellent contacts in China and India. (...) [ 255 words ] [ €4 ]