Qatar, which President François Hollande visited on June 22-23, is not only Paris' ally in the Middle East and a principal foreign investor in France, it is also a key country for French groups such as Thales and Total.
The NGA is becoming increasingly reliant on non-US suppliers to meet its growing radar imagery requirement.
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The interior ministry has set up a new agency to protect the country's critical computer networks. It is staffed almost exclusively by foreign specialists.
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Being groomed for succession by his father King Abdullah, Prince Mutaib bin Abdullah is trying to make his mark internationally but his cousin Mohamed bin Nayef has the West's ear.
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Claims that the Syrian Army used sarin gas against the rebels seeking to overthrow Bashar al-Assad have yet to be substantiated.
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On the eve of a first round of negotiations on international cyber-warfare rules, China’s ministry of foreign affairs has announced [...]
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The threat of military intervention at the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon is growing following extremist Sunni Muslim [...]
The fledgling Direction Generale de la Securite Interieure (DGSI) is to benefit from a 13% increase in personnel over the [...]
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Avril Haines, a trained lawyer, was appointed number two of [...]
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The Gonganbu, China's ministry of public security, has recently turned [...]
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The DIA is to transfer its National Media Exploitation Center [...]
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Charles Farr, the director of the Home Office's Office for [...]
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Li Wei, who was appointed deputy minister of Public Security [...]
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Bandar bin Sultan, the head of Saudi Arabia's General Intelligence [...]
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Raed Jundiyah, a commander of Islamic Jihad's Al-Quds Brigades who [...]
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The Czech Republic’s close involvement in international meetings on Syria’s [...]
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DARPA, the US defence research agency, is looking to develop [...]
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In an indication of the means at the disposal of [...]
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Reacting to Hezbollah’s growing involvement in the Syrian conflict, the [...]
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A South African probe could prove damaging for TKMS' export chief at a time when the company is negotiating the sale of two submarines to Singapore.
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Kroll's parent company Altegrity does background checks on officials but apparently failed to turn up anything on NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
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In a blow for Hermès, the French family-owned luxury bag and scarf maker that has been fighting to annul LVMH's [...]
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Despite a formal ban by Baghdad, three shipments of Kurdish crude oil from the Taq Taq field operated by Genel [...]
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The board of Defense Conseil International (DCI), the private-public army services company, is expected to appoint a successor to chairman [...]
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Keen to diversify its activities, Aegis, which mostly works with the US Department of State, is in hot pursuit of contracts with the European Union.
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The French "business diplomacy" consultancy Bucy is targeting new parts of Africa and has recently taken on an influential new advisor.
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In a significant victory for Total, Austrian Andreas Reiner has [...]
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Having already engaged Democrat lobbyist Tony Podesta’s Podesta Group, Azerbaijan [...]
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Thierry Bourgeois is poised to take over from Jerome Ferrier [...]
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The gradual replacement of French Operation Serval forces by European [...]
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Having previously refused to compensate companies that it was unable [...]
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K5 Global is a new corporate intelligence company recently founded [...]
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Arcanum,Ron Wahid's corporate intelligence firm, has hired retired brigadier-general Joseph [...]
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Geos, retired general Jean Heinrich's private security company, has upped [...]
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Charles Vance, a living legend in the world of close [...]
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Lucien Thomas, who sold his private security company CIAS to [...]
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Triple Canopy, the private security company that was the object [...]
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Amin Badr El Din, who devised the United Arab Emirates' offset programme, is now in the private sector marketing his know-how as a consultant to governments.
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Robert Mueller, who directed the FBI for 12 years before [...]
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John Kerry, the US Secretary of State, met the key [...]
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Aaron Frenkel, an aeronautical industry agent who specialises in the [...]
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Seclab and the R&D department of EDF have developed a physical filter to remedy the weaknesses of the USB protocol.
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