Switzerland
Geneva plays host to more closed-door Arctic security talks

Jordan
In Amman, advanced scientific research backed by Iran and Israel continues despite war

The Amman-based Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East counts Iran, Turkey and Israel among its full member states. Research at the centre is continuing despite the war, albeit with adjustments, Intelligence Online has learned.

The Agencies' Gazette
DGSI interpreter loses job, secret Arctic diplomacy flounders

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

ParisThe cost of DGSI Arabic interpreter's extended leave

SwitzerlandTrack II diplomacy in Arctic hits cold front

Spotlight | Russia, United States
Moscow flexes its muscles in the Arctic, Pentagon sees a smokescreen

Moscow has been trying to demonstrate the hardening of its security posture in the Arctic, leaking its efforts to mine Arctic waters and engage in electronic warfare. But US intelligence analysts see this as a Russian attempt to mask the collapse of its operational capabilities in the region.

Spotlight | United States
US Northern Command swots up on Russia's Arctic claims

The US Department of Defense's combatant command present in the Arctic has met with researchers of the Los Alamos National Laboratory to explore national security applications for their sea ice modelling in the Russia-controlled Northern Sea Route.

Spotlight | Russia, United States
Geneva think-tank uses private diplomacy to try to reconcile Moscow and Washington over the Arctic

Far North security experts have begun multilateral talks under the auspices of a Swiss think-tank. Participants from the United States, Russia and Norway are supposed to keep in touch with their respective security agencies, given that all official communication channels have been cut.