All service suppliers haven’t suffered from the crisis springing from the Sept. 11 attacks. In the highly particular trade of lobbying on behalf of governments some U.S. and European firms are in fact flourishing. At present, dozens of government agencies [. [...]
The success or failure of the National Criminal Intelligence Service’s efforts to stamp out funding for terrorists rests largely on [...]
An Arabic-speaker, Pierre Lafrance has emerged as a key figure in helping to shape French foreign minister Hubert Vedrine’s policy [...]
The French authorities view Jean-Michel Etarian, deputy director of a network that provides support for the European Commission’s Ereka program, [...]
The U.S. lobbying concern APCO has hired the services of Stuart Eizenstat, former deputy secretary of treasury in the Clinton [...]
In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, FBI officials in Europe stepped up their ?diplomatic pressure? to sit permanently [...]
Virtually all of the laws and regulations governing U.S. intelligence agencies drafted before Sept. 11 have been reviewed with tougher [...]
A new French finance ministry unit that was set up following the Sept. 11 attacks to track down terrorist funds [...]
French investigators inquiring into the Elf Affair since 1996 never thought to put any questions to their Swiss counterparts about Rivunion, a small Swiss bank established near Geneva airport and 100% owned by Elf. They should have. [...]
The current U.S. Army presence in Uzbekistan is the offspring of a relationship conducted over a number of years between Washington and Tashkent. [...]
Anti-Taliban forces are taking advantage of their new romance with everybody from Moscow to Washington to replenish their arsenals. Only a short while ago, their new-found friends were steadfastly refusing to arm them. [...]
The guardians of Iran's revolution have taken an historic decision to dismantle most of their overseas networks. At the same time, the idea of forming an anti-terrorist partnership with Iran is gaining ground in the White House. [...]
Under constant American pressure, the Al Saoud family held an [...]
In early October, Swtizerland’s chief public prosecutor, Valentin Roschacher, categorically [...]
Italian defense minister Antonio Martino declared before the parliament’s defense [...]
Over 80 after they were first used in World War 1, observation balloons are back in fashion. The U.S. Army has deployed them on the frontier between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan. [...]
Since the Sept. 11 attacks American security officials are grappling with the highly delicate subject of introducing identity cards for Americans. [...]
An affiliate of BAE Systems, Communications & Defence Infrastructure, has [...]
Two French academics, Jean-Pierre Bernat and Christian Marcon, who specialize [...]
A number of American anti-war activists and privacy advocates believe [...]
The British concern Control Risks Group is going from success to success on the American market barely three years after [...]
The investigative and business intelligence firm Decision Strategies (formerly DSFX) has made its first foray into the New York market [...]
Since at least 1998, the lobbying and legal counseling firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauerr & Field has worked directly for [...]
The Bush administration has a whole list of new needs for staff since the Sept. 11 attacks. This could mean the private security industry could find itself short of manpower. [...]
The planning staff of high technology groups from Brussels to Geneva are engaged in a fierce but discreet war over patent rights. Beyond that, a struggle between Europe and the U.S. is looming. [...]
Being judge and jury offers a lot of advantages in the life sciences. A good example can be found with a highly influential expert at the European Commission who is to become a consultant in a law firm. [...]
Britain’s National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) is sponsoring an event [...]
The Association Francaise pour le Developpement de l’Intelligence Economique (AFDIE) [...]
