The Agencies' Gazette
DGSE, Kazakhstan's KGB

Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan's security council drafts new military doctrine

The Kazakh government's desire to strengthen its grip on the security apparatus has prompted it to launch an ambitious project to reform it, which is being carried out by recently appointed officials.

France
DGSE secures its public-private partnerships

The French foreign intelligence service wants to better address the intellectual property issues of the technologies it creates internally, in particular in its secret incubator.

The Agencies' Gazette
SNRP, Kazakh security service, SGDSN, DNI report on Chinese ports

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from London to Paris via Nur-Sultan.

Kazakhstan Like the KNB, President Tokayev brings in allies to lead security service

France SGDSN sees value in serious games

United States DNI called again to report on Chinese-controlled ports

France Prison intelligence service gains access to training reserved for the intelligence community's inner circle

Kazakhstan
Fall of Nazarbayev's sons-in-law prompts restructuring of Kazakhstan's oil sector

The protests in Kazakhstan have had an impact on the energy sector, which has seen heads roll among those close to ex-president Nursultan Nazarbayev. Russia's SVR is keeping a close watch on proceedings.

Kazakhstan, Switzerland, UAE
Kazakh oligarchs fly off on holiday to escape the protests

The unrest in Kazakhstan has led former President Nursultan Nazarbayev's inner circle and the country's oligarchs to fly out of the country in the hope that calm will soon be restored.

France, Gabon
French intelligence services probe "Libreville commando"

Two weeks before the failed coup to overthrow Gabon's President Ali Bongo, it emerged that a commando of former French soldiers were in the country. In the light of Gabonese concerns over the affair, the French authorities have launched a discreet investigation into the group.