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Azerbaijan, France
Paris and Baku maintain communication despite tensions

In the current diplomatic stand-off between France and Azerbaijan, both countries have a trick up their sleeves. Each holds a national of the other, supposedly linked to the other's intelligence services, who could be used for a prisoner exchange.

France, Russia, United States
The small US firm spreading anti-French Russian narratives in the English-speaking world

Through a deft game of collusion between Russia's state entities, the information war that Moscow is waging against Paris in New Caledonia is spreading to the United States and other English-language countries.

China
Cyber company with close intelligence links backs new Beijing hacking contest

Hua Yunan, a business specialising in vulnerability tracking, is one of the main backers of the Matrix Cup, a new Chinese hacking competition. The firm makes no secret of its ties with the Ministry of Public Security, with which it has worked on surveillance and network security.

The Agencies' Gazette
War vet club's new PR head, Hanoi's info warfare guru, French intel academy, NRO preps for Congress, EU ready for Republicans

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

France Intelligence services vets club gets new head

Vietnam Information warfare master joins Politburo

France Intelligence academy broadens courses to further circles

Washington NRO adds muscle to Congress liaison office before possible Trump presidency

Washington EU keeps options open with US Republicans

France
Builder of DGSI's future HQ revealed

Following a lengthy and secretive process, France's domestic intelligence service has announced the winning consortium of the €1.3bn contract to construct its future headquarters and ensure the necessary security arrangements.