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AI in the Gulf: Doha's networker PM keeps Qatar at top table in data centre negotiations

Jared Cohen (third from left) at the Doha Forum in December 2024.
Jared Cohen (third from left) at the Doha Forum in December 2024. © IMAGO/Naushad via Reuters Connect

To position itself as a reliable data centre hub, Qatar needs to build relationships in Silicon Valley. For this, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani's decade-old friendship with a former Google executive turned Wall Street financier is proving useful.

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France
How France's DNRT territorial intelligence is tracking A69 Toulouse-Castres motorway protesters

A protest against the construction of the A69 motorway in Puylaurens, France, 8 June 2024.
A protest against the construction of the A69 motorway in Puylaurens, France, 8 June 2024. © Arnaud Bertrand/Abacapress.com/Reuters

French authorities are preparing to counter upcoming demonstrations against motorway construction works in the south-west of the country. Territorial police intelligence has been discreetly tracking people potentially involved in the protests by contacting their employers directly.

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Spy Way of Life | United Kingdom
Arundel House: IISS's London headquarters where spies gather 'unofficially and away from the public eye'

Arundel House, headquarters of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London.
Arundel House, headquarters of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London. © Roberto Herrett/Alamy banque d'images

Across the globe, spies love to gather in inconspicuous dens to meet contacts and hold discreet conversations. This week, Intelligence Online focuses on the Thames-side home of the prestigious International Institute for Strategic Studies.

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