Though increasingly sought after by government intelligence services, virtual human intelligence tools have reached a developmental dead-end. Social media sites have been tracking down avatars responsible for online influence campaigns.
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While an Iran nuclear deal seems some way off once again, Israel's intelligence community is divided again over the benefits of successful negotiations.
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Although they are being careful to maintain their relations with their Russian counterparts, the Kazakh and Kyrgyz intelligence services are widening their contact network.
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Targetting the few opportunities still open to them, Iran's oil and gas players are prospecting in Iraqi Kurdistan. Hoping to exploit the dispute between Baghdad and Erbil, they came in droves to the Erbil International Fair.
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With its major projects in Iraq on hold, TotalEnergies has been drawn into the oil row between Kurdistan and the Iraqi federal government, bowing to pressure from Baghdad to withdraw from the north of the country.
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Kazakhstan's national oil and gas company KazMunayGas, which is keen to raise its profile among its European clients, has called in veteran British online influencing firm Project Associates. Its aim is to promote alternative oil export routes to reduce its dependence on the Caspian Pipeline Consortium.
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