France
French military intelligence tries to get back into battle order under new director

Spymaster | France
French military spy chief Jacques Langlade de Montgros strives to restore his directorate's reputation

After his last-minute appointment as head of France's Directorate of Military Intelligence (DRM) in April 2022, General Jacques Langlade de Montgros has been working hard to improve his unit's image, which was tainted by his predecessor's management of developments in Ukraine.

France
French intelligence regroups to better cover war in Ukraine

After being caught out by the start of the conflict, France's intelligence services have since restructured and are taking more decisive action on Russia's invasion of Ukraine. But that has come with some serious soul-searching.

Spotlight | France, United Kingdom, United States
US, UK eagerly welcome French intelligence service reform

A restructuring in July of France's DGSE foreign intelligence service caused great satisfaction in Washington and London, where it had been eagerly awaited.

Spotlight | France
DGSE reform: The DR is dead, long live the DR !

The reform of France's external intelligence service, the DGSE, which was published on 16 July, looks to have signed the death warrant of its intelligence department, Direction du Renseignement (DR). Former DR executives remain as influential as ever, however, in the new structure.

The Agencies' Gazette
Hossein Taeb dismissed, DGSE gets Tripoli villa, DRM celebrates 30th anniversary, New narrative in Belarus

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global intelligence community. This week we home in on Iran, France and Belarus.

IranTehran's Pasdaran spymaster on the way out

FranceLuxury villa awaits DGSE chief in Tripoli

FranceEx-directors absent from DRM's 30th anniversary

BelarusNew narrative in security circles towards the West

France
Vidaud's surprise exit from military intelligence turns the armed forces upside down

The abrupt departure on 30 March of the Director of Military Intelligence (DRM) Eric Vidaud triggered a power struggle within the armed forces for the future positions.

France
France's Artemis project faced with tsunami of data and technical challenges

The Artemis defence intelligence data platform, a pet project of France's defence minister Florence Parly and which is to be used mostly by military intelligence agency DRM, is grappling with some major technical issues.