The Agencies' Gazette
SVR, DNI, GKNB, Corinte, Paris and Chinese Intelligence

The Agencies' Gazette
Syrian Kurds at French National Assembly, Kyrgyz diplomacy, Ukrainian BEB, US farm security

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

France/SyriaYPG representatives at the French National Assembly

UkraineEconomic security office headless

KyrgyzstanEx-spymaster on the rise in diplomatic corps

USFood security as well as agricultural sovereignty

France
French Council of State clears son-in-law of DGSE agent who spied for China

The son-in-law of one of the two DGSE officers who betrayed French secrets to China has had the sanction imposed on him revoked and the French state has been ordered to pay him compensation.

Spotlight | Russia
New national security strategy moves up a gear on "information confrontation"

Russian intelligence services have got moving following the publication of the national security strategy which targets, as a central focus, information warfare.

Russia
Putin struggles to renew strategic guard in Middle East

Faced with significant diplomatic and security stakes in that part of the world, the Kremlin is renewing the close guard of siloviki in charge of Russian strategy in the Midle East. But it is struggling to include the younger generation.

Russia, Saudi Arabia
Behind the scenes of the hesitant strengthening of Russian-Saudi security relations

Under the circumspect eye of the American diplomatic corps, Moscow and Riyadh seem keen to find ways to get along, pressed by the Jamal Khashoggi killing and the US's announced withdrawal from Syria.