Spymaster | Romania
Foreign intelligence boss Gabriel Vlase draws on NATO background to face Russian threat

Gabriel Vlase, director of Romania's Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE).
Gabriel Vlase, director of Romania's Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE). © Bogdan Cristel/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP
Gabriel Vlase was appointed head of the SIE foreign intelligence service in the summer of 2018. He has since then focused on the threat from Russia, whereas Romania's intelligence services had been centered on counter-terrorism until 2014. [...]
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