Samant Kumar Goel, the director of India's intelligence service, the Research & Analysis Wing, whose influence once barely extended into its neighbourhood, is now the most courted spymaster by the West amid a strategic shift towards Asia.
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Operations Across the globe, spies gather in inconspicuous dens, where they meet contacts and hold discreet conversations. This week, Intelligence Online explores Rome's Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II, a multi-year school that allows parents, many of whom are politicians or intelligence operatives, to make a connection or two.
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Agencies Along with US- and EU-sanctioned oligarchs, the United Arab Emirates is also opening its doors to fleeing Russian industry brains in key areas such as spatial imagery.
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Corporate Intel Defending Christian Arabs, an association close to the Syrian and Iraqi Ba'ath communities, has not been able to prosecute the Emir of Qatar and former Qatari PM in London for allegedly financing the Syrian Free Army to destabilise Bashar Al Assad.
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Corporate Intel Driven by both a desire to gain a new diplomatic hold and a need for cryptocurrency, North Korea has been ramping up its efforts in Europe.
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Back-door diplomacy Two months after Yemen's presidential council was founded, its leader Rashad Al Alimi has launched much-awaited military and security reforms while cultivating support across the region.
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Defence Through the French Tech Méditerranée grouping of start-ups in the south of France, the vulnerability research company owned by Vupen's former employees has joined forces with the defence innovation agency.
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