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Argentina, China
Beijing takes action behind the scenes for control of Ushuaia naval base

Despite US opposition, Tierra del Fuego governor Gustavo Melella is making the most of the energy emergency to help keep Chinese investors in the region.

Russia, United Kingdom, Vietnam
Russian-Vietnamese firm Sovico at centre of PCV anti-corruption storm

Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao's much-awaited £155m gift to Oxford University is slow in coming due to the businesswoman's entanglement in the Vietnamese Communist Party's anti-corruption campaign and her company Sovico's supposed involvement in energy and weapons contracts with Russia.

Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
Saudi spymaster Khaled bin Ali Al Humaidan mediates between Islamabad and Kabul

Keen to resolve tensions with its Taliban neighbours, Pakistan has called on Saudi Arabia's help to mediate but those efforts have been unsuccessful for the moment.

Germany, UAE
Veterans of Germany's defunct cyber firm FinFisher pursue new avenues

Ex-Finfisher CEO Georg Magg has been appointed to head the European branch of US cybersecurity firm SilverSky, while Martin Johannes Münch, the brains behind Finfisher's Trojan Horse, is now in the UAE.

The Tech Telegraph
EC launches hybrid warfare centre, ICEYE hires Apeldoorn, Plath appoints lobbyists, Carbyne's advisory board slims

Whether in SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT and cyber, we report each week on developments great and small in the world of the technical intelligence providers.

BrusselsEuropean Commission orders hybrid warfare centre in response to Russian threat

Paris/HelsinkiJeffrey Apeldoorn takes charge of ICEYE public contracts in Europe.

BerlinPlath seeks to influence German defence policy.

New York/Tel-AvivCarbyne's advisory board slims.