UE and US use tried and tested methods for security reform in Tbilisi

Georgia tackles overhaul of anti-corruption regulations 

To meet the US and EU's good governance standards, Georgia, in the midst of political turmoil, is trying to agree on de-oligarchisation and anti-corruption regulations similar to those adopted by Kyiv. Its intelligence community, also under scrutiny, is hoping to play a part.

NATO seeks to consolidate position in Ukraine 

With the war in Ukraine taking up their energy, NATO officials have loudly condemned Russia. While alliance member states are in charge of logistics and the military response to the conflict, NATO is looking to consolidate its long-term position in Kyiv.

• IRAQ - Mohammed Shia al-Sudani rallies his troops after sackings.

• GEORGIA - Intelligence service hopes to boost counter-espionage.

• FRANCE - News from the Intelligence College in Europe.

• KAZAKHSTAN - Former KNB leaders targeted in parliament.

• GEORGIA - state protection service moves up a rung.
  

• RUSSIA/UKRAINE - Promsvyazbank moves into the Donbass under the eye of Russian financial intelligence.
  

• IRAQ - Mohammed Shia Al Sudani's purge of the security services continues.
  

• FRANCE - Intelligence services' right to consult medical records from the public health system confirmed.
  

• UNITED STATES - CIA experimenting to solve HR crisis

• TURKEY/PALESTINE/AFGHANISTAN - Istanbul hosts Hamas-Taliban rapprochement

• GEORGIA - Tbilisi looks into its oligarchs

• FRANCE - DPR still not entitled to know about operations in progress

• RUSSIA - Moscow's foreign affairs ministry reassesses view of China

• AFGHANISTAN/EUROPE - Europe's greater numbers of repatriated Afghans

ActiveFence's ex-Unit 8200 counter-disinformation specialists eye EU contracts 

Last week in Brussels, Israeli startup ActiveFence tried to get closer to the European External Action Service's East StratCom Task Force. The latter's head, Lutz Gülllner, is looking to turn it into a full-fledged European counter-disinformation agency.

Kyiv remains determined to crack down on oligarchs despite war 

Faced with the EU, the UK and the US's good governance demands, the Ukrainian government is being very vocal about its determination to curb the influence of oligarchs in strategic sectors - and hunt down their assets by the same token.

EU uses Ukraine-tested communicators to spread message in Georgia 

As Brussels comes closer to its decision on Georgia's bid for European Union membership amid the challenging security situation, it has hired no less than five communications experts to convey its narrative in the country.

• UNITED STATES - CIA's spies experience housing crisis in Langley

• GEORGIA - Government increases oversight of GIS' international dealings
  

• PALESTINE/TURKEY - Hamas still receiving funds from Turkey
  

• FRANCE - DGSE operations department poised to get new chief

• IRAQ - PKK renews high command's mandate and reaffirms strategic priorities

• FRANCE - DGSI's role in counterterrorism secured

• RUSSIA/CHINA - Beijing counts on Russia to promote SCO

• USA/GEORGIA - Washington confirms its commitment to Tbilisi

• FRANCE/UKRAINE - Florence Parly sticks to low estimate on Paris's Ukraine spending

Tbilisi asks Washington for cryptographic aid 

According to our sources, Georgia is looking to strengthen its [...]

Security services undergo purge 

Bidzina Ivanishvili Georgia's new prime minister, has cleaned house in the country's security services. Some 200 officials have been kicked [...]