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The Agencies' Gazette
Guoanbu v James Olson, Kyiv in space, White House's new European affairs director, MIT take two at Turkish foreign ministry

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

United States/ChinaChinese spymaster and ex-CIA counter-espionage director still at loggerheads

France/UkraineKyiv envoy talks space defence in Paris

United StatesNational Security Council picks new director for European affairs

TurkeyHakan Fidan takes new steps towards transforming foreign ministry into intel centre

The Agencies' Gazette
Telegram aids Turkey's MIT, Liddell to UK intel fund, NSC's new India chief, ex-SA head back to DGSE

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

TurkeyTelegram helps out MIT

USNew India specialist at rapidly emptying out NSC

UKBritish intelligence fund strengthens team

FranceReturn to DGSE for former Service Action head

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Coeus Advisory, Straife, K2

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

LondonEx-FCDO analyst Mark Vasey sets up second corporate intelligence company

Houston/IstanbulStraife takes on new Caspian energy specialist

LondonInvestigator Andrew Whelan returns to K2

The Agencies' Gazette
Scholarships scrutinised, Afghanistan War Commission, Turkish intelligence academy, Italian PM's dilemma

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

FranceUniversities told to watch China Scholarship Council grants

United StatesAnother CIA veteran joins Afghanistan War Commission

TurkeyIntelligence academy open for enrolment

Italy/ChinaGiorgia Meloni's dilemma

Malaysian defence minister to prospect in Ankara for new submarine contract

Kuala Lumpur and Ankara are set to sign off on a contract for the Malaysian armed forces to acquire littoral mission ships built by Turkey's STM. Beyond this symbolic deal, the prospect of acquiring submarines could also be up for discussion.

Ankara eyes shopping list for Ukraine's US-budgeted arms

Ahead of Erdogan's visit to Washington, DC in May, with US financial aid to Kyiv hopefully being made available again, Turkish military diplomacy is working hard to supply Ukraine with new equipment.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Kimmel in Istanbul, McArdle leaves Wallbrook, former Lebanese intelligence veteran in Washington

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

IstanbulInvestigations veteran Stephen Kimmel joins law firm

LondonAsset recovery expert leaves Wallbrook

WashingtonLebanon's ex-military attaché in Washington becomes legal investigator

Ankara's French 'spy ring' accusations are pressure tactics, say sources

Turkey recently announced that its intelligence services had dismantled a French espionage network involving Syrian refugees in what appears to be a move from Ankara to put pressure on Paris as diplomatic relations continue to deteriorate.

Law and investigation firms search for Turkish-Iranian businessman at the centre of financial scandal

Helped by a team of ex-CIA officers turned private investigators, a new civil case has been filed targeting businessman Reza Zarrab, known for his involvement in a vast Turkish-Iranian financial scandal. He has until 22 February to be served and is thought to be residing in Florida.

Pars Defense, Turkey's zero-day champion

Pars Defense, a young Turkish company specialising in the detection of previously unknown zero-day vulnerabilities, has suddenly found itself classed alongside such leaders of the sector as NSO Group and Intellexa.

US consultancy Varyag prospecting in Kyiv for Turkish giant Kontrolmatik

The business diplomacy firm Varyag, founded by a former CIA officer, has been in touch with US agencies over potential reconstruction contracts in Ukraine.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
GMTL receives Finkelstein, Securitas back to business in Turkey, Chorus lands new police contract

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

LondonGMTL receives Daniel Finkelstein

Ankara/StockholmBack to business for Securitas

SheffieldChorus Intelligence renews police contract

The Agencies' Gazette
Harris leaves NCA, Belarusian bonds, MIT's loss, Chinese narrative in France, DGSE book launch

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

United KingdomConsultant Toby Harris steps away from NCA

Russia/BelarusInfowar on Belarusian bonds

Turkey/United StatesLong-standing MIT-CIA go-between dies

France/ChinaChinese TV seeks guests unopposed to Xi's official visit to Paris

FranceBook of DGSE officer interviews set to hit the shelves