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Defense Priorities, the other think tank influencing US intelligence

Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Mission Integration William Ruger has collaborated with the Defense Priorities think tank.
Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Mission Integration William Ruger has collaborated with the Defense Priorities think tank. © Sophie Park/Reuters

Several senior officials in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Pentagon hail from the Defense Priorities think tank, which advocates anti-interventionist foreign policy, a line that is gaining ground within the Trump administration.

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Russia
Spymasters from around the world gather for major Russian security forum

CCP Central Committee Politburo member Chen Wenqing and Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu shake hands at the 13th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues in Moscow on 28 May 2025.
CCP Central Committee Politburo member Chen Wenqing and Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu shake hands at the 13th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues in Moscow on 28 May 2025. © Vladimir Aleksandrov/Anadolu via AFP

From the head of the Turkish secret service to the Taliban's justice minister and a senior Chinese regime official, a swathe of security officials attended the event in Moscow at the end of May.

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United Kingdom
UK defence ministry sues once-feted driverless car entrepreneur

The Ministry of Defence plaque at its central London headquarters.
The Ministry of Defence plaque at its central London headquarters. © Andy Rain/EPA/MaxPPP

The UK Secretary of State for Defence has filed a sealed claim against Academy of Robotics and its owner William Sachiti, who once supplied transport robots to the Royal Air Force. Intelligence Online understands the dispute relates to his use of a former RAF base which his firm shares with the defence ministry.

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