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France, Qatar
Qatari emir Sheik Tamim's 'good news' Paris trip takes shape

Business is business. The preparations for a Qatari emir's Parisian sojourn are staying clear of the multiple investigations in France and Europe involving the Gulf nation.

Turkey
Turkey's MIT maps out intelligence academy plans

Following the lead of a number of Western intelligence communities, Turkey is planning to open an intelligence academy, under the aegis of the MIT, headed by spymaster Hakan Fidan.

France, Germany, Turkmenistan
Paris and Berlin in race to woo Ashgabat for business

French companies are making a beeline for Turkmenistan, which has opened its borders after two years, but there is competition from Germany, which is putting big efforts into business diplomacy to court the Turkmen authorities.

Iraq, United States
Former political prisoner Entifadh Qanbar inks deal to foster closer US-Kurdish ties

A former representative of the Iraqi National Congress, the US government-backed group that promoted the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, Qanbar has been leading an advocacy campaign that was approved by Kurdish Prime Minister Masrour Barzani.

The Tech Telegraph
Capgemini safeguards EU trade secrets, Recorded Future lobbyists, Altus at Frontex

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

BrusselsCapgemini and VVA, guardians of European firms' innovations against China

WashingtonRecorded Future gets busy in the halls of Congress

WarsawGreece's Altus to supply Frontex with maritime surveillance tech