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Out with Alain Bauer, in with former MI6 chief… CNAM's intelligence review gets overhaul

The French Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM) university in Paris. © Benoît Durand/Hans Lucas/AFP

The prestigious French university's Revue de Recherche sur le renseignement, published by Mareuil Éditions, is undergoing changes with the departure of high-profile criminologist Alain Bauer and the appointment of former DGSI and MI6 chiefs to its editorial board. [...]

Published on 25/06/2025 at 04:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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