France
Sciences Po Aix recruits former DGSE number two to teach intelligence master's degree course

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WashingtonWestExec recruits former CIA station chief

ParisGeneral Serge Cholley to leave Eutelsat's Defence and Security Division

DamascusAudere interested in Syrian market

WashingtonFormer Snapchat security director goes solo after stints with the NSA and DNI

France
Construction-happy DGSE seeks building expert able to go the distance

With plans for its big move to the Vincennes fort in 2028 underway, the French external intelligence agency has begun work on its other sites and is looking for a lasting candidate able to oversee all of these projects, while it acknowledges the difficulty and scale of the task.

France
Special forces provider interest group adds intelligence string to its bow

As he extends the scope of his services to special forces, Benoît de Saint Sernin, founder of French federation of special forces equipment suppliers Cercle de l'Arbalète, wants to grow its business with French intelligence agencies.

France
French intelligence education "cluster" being developed in South of France

A number of intelligence education initiatives have sprung up in the South of France's Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur (PACA) region, beginnings of an education cluster that will foster synergies between public research and private industry.

France
Christophe Gomart gets into intelligence teaching

Now popular with students in France, the new academic discipline of intelligence is attracting a number of ex-spymasters including Christophe Gomart, the former head of military intelligence.

France
French academia embraces intelligence

Long underappreciated by Universities, intelligence studies are becoming a growing focus in the academic courses. Students of intelligence are spoilt for choice in France these days thanks to a recent flurry of new master's degrees taught by senior intelligence veterans and officials.