In the Holy See, a tiny state nestled in the heart of the Italian capital, the pope runs his intelligence operations through informal intelligence experts who shape the Vatican's foreign policy and engineer discreet parallel diplomacy operations, under the watchful eye of the world's intelligence services.
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Back-door diplomacy In an effort to modernise its armed forces and relaunch its naval shipbuilding, Croatia is prospecting foreign defence suppliers, especially French and Norwegian.
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Corporate Intel Close to Qatar's reigning Al Thani family and a key player in the country's economy, Fahad Hussain Al Fardan recently lost his bid to overturn a Qatari court's ruling against him in favour of Lebanon's Bank Audi.
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Corporate Intel After an already busy 2022, American corporate intelligence firm JS Held plans to snap up more companies next year as part of its consolidation ambitions.
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Corporate Intel Drawing on a tradition started by Mao Zedong, the Chinese president has entrusted one of his closest advisers to craft his image as the "people's leader", and to reaffirm the centrality of the president within the Chinese political system.
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Information wars The Sentry has withdrawn the report that alleged corruption on the part of the Sudanese businessman after being sued for libel and slander. No damages were awarded in the case but the report is no longer available.
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Corporate Intel Cy4gate is becoming more and more influential in Italian cyberintelligence. Smaller companies are strategising to remain in dialogue with the authorities.
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Cybersecurity Across the globe, after long months of hushed conversations and quiet meetings in secret hideaways, spies are working on their holiday shopping lists. This week, Intelligence Online looks into the Christmas-time tradecraft goodies on offer, from pop culture spy gear to big ticket items for the brave gift giver.
