A new bipartisan initiative is seeking to strengthen US agencies' assistance to the Ukrainian authorities regarding the thousands of children who have been forcibly transferred to Russia. The issue has become the main focus for Kyiv's allies in Washington hoping to increase US aid.
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Back-door diplomacy Despite a string of military-industrial setbacks, Paris is once more trying to woo Qatar. The French want to showcase their homegrown start-ups that could get funding from Qatar's state-owned Barzan Holdings.
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Defence The French defence ministry will on 17 November disclose to the four industrial giants concerned the terms of the deal outlined in the letter of intent signed Monday on the possible sale of Rafale fighter jets to Ukraine, according to Intelligence Online sources.
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Defence On the heels of the major South Korean defence trade fair ADEX held in Seoul from 20 to 24 October, sources from the local defence industry told Intelligence Online how disappointed they were at Paris's lack of interest in developing defence ties with Seoul.
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There is still no successor to consultant Alain Bauer after he retired from the chair in ‘Security, Defence, Intelligence, Criminology, Crises and Cyber Threats' at France's prestigious CNAM university. According to our sources, the selection committee rejected all three finalists.
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