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Charles III's spies, Iraqi Mukhabarat mobilised, Confucius Institutes under US pressure, research at GCHQ, German counter-espionage and France's CNRLT

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets from the global intelligence community and this week we're heading to Kerbala, Washington, London, Berlin and Paris. [...] (936 words)

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Ahmed Taha Abu Ragheed
August Pfluger
Behavioural Science Capability
Behavioural Science Unit
BfV
BND
Center for Intelligence Training and Advanced Training
Charles III
Confucius Institutes
DGPN
Elizabeth II
Emmanuel Macron
Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency
Frédéric Veaux
GCHQ
General Directorate of Internal Security
Gérald Darmanin
Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani
Hashd al-Shaabi
Imam Ali
Jérôme Léonnet
Laurent Nunez
MI5
MI6
Moqtada al-Sadr
Mustafa al-Kadhimi
Nicolas Lerner
Pierre Bousquet de Florian
Popular Mobilisation Forces
Secret Intelligence Service
Security Service

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Across the globe, after long months of hushed conversations and quiet meetings in secret hideaways, spies are working on their holiday shopping lists. This week, Intelligence Online looks into the Christmas-time tradecraft goodies on offer, from pop culture spy gear to big ticket items for the brave gift giver.

The Intelligence Online editorial team's gift ideas.

GERMANY 21/11/2022

BND's new second in command Philipp Wolff provides fast track to Paris

The German foreign intelligence service has placed its former representative in France at the head of its administration, just as Paris and Berlin relations are going through a cold spell. The new BND vice-president has his work cut out for him with a raft of internal issues to deal with.

UNITED KINGDOM 27/10/2022

UK parliament calls on MI6, MI5 and GCHQ to play role in preventing atrocities

Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine and with one eye on developments in the US, Britain's parliamentary International Development Select Committee is calling for the intelligence community to support the Foreign Office's new Office for Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation (OCSM).

UNITED KINGDOM 05/10/2022

New London Met Police chief Rowley quizzed by parliament about consulting work

After his appointment as head of London's Metropolitan Police on 12 September, Mark Rowley has come under parliamentary scrutiny for his activities in corporate intelligence.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley.

Former National Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Laurent Nuñez and French President Emmanuel Macron. © Sébastien Muylaert/MaxPPP

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FRANCE 03/10/2022

DGSE, French DNI, Personal Chief of Staff: Macron set to fill three top national security jobs

As current events impose an increasingly security-oriented agenda, President Emmanuel Macron will soon have three of the top jobs in the French intelligence and defence community to fill.

FRANCE IRAQ JORDAN 06/09/2022

France starts work on a second Baghdad Conference... in Amman

Emmanuel Macron is looking to show he is able to maintain dialogue with virtually all the major players in the Middle East. To do this, he wants to organise a second Baghdad Conference - this time in the Jordanian capital.

The regional cooperation conference was held in Baghdad on 28 August 2021.

UNITED KINGDOM 18/07/2022

British intelligence revamps in face of extreme right-wing terrorism

Increasingly concerned by the threat of extreme right-wing terrorism, the government has put MI5 on the frontline of its counter efforts. The Intelligence and Security Committee is taking stock of these developments.

Spymaster IRAQ 18/03/2022

Caretaker PM Mustafa Al Kazemi maintains grip on Falcon Cell

Operations against the Islamic State, anti-corruption investigations and targeting Shiite militias are the types of jobs that fall to Iraq's elite Falcon intelligence cell. They are carried out under the leadership of prime minister and spymaster Mustafa Al Kazemi.

The Iraqi Prime Minister Moustafa al-Kazimi.

CHINA FRANCE 22/07/2021

China pushes Xinjiang narrative in French regions

The Chinese embassy in France is selling Beijing's version of events in Xinjiang to local French organisations, including representatives of a Confucius Institute and a cycling event.

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Africa Intelligence 05/10/2022

Ali Bongo to make another official visit to London

President Ali Bongo is expected in London on 18 October for the flag-raising, the ceremony marking the country's entry into the Commonwealth, which Libreville officially joined at the Kigali summit in June.

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Ahmed Taha Abu Ragheed
August Pfluger
Behavioural Science Capability
Behavioural Science Unit
BfV
BND
Center for Intelligence Training and Advanced Training
Charles III
Confucius Institutes
DGPN
Elizabeth II
Emmanuel Macron
Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency
Frédéric Veaux
GCHQ
General Directorate of Internal Security
Gérald Darmanin
Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani
Hashd al-Shaabi
Imam Ali
Jérôme Léonnet
Laurent Nunez
MI5
MI6
Moqtada al-Sadr
Mustafa al-Kadhimi
Nicolas Lerner
Pierre Bousquet de Florian
Popular Mobilisation Forces
Secret Intelligence Service
Security Service

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BND's new second in command Philipp Wolff provides fast track to Paris

UK parliament calls on MI6, MI5 and GCHQ to play role in preventing atrocities

New London Met Police chief Rowley quizzed by parliament about consulting work

DGSE, French DNI, Personal Chief of Staff: Macron set to fill three top national security jobs

France starts work on a second Baghdad Conference... in Amman

British intelligence revamps in face of extreme right-wing terrorism

Caretaker PM Mustafa Al Kazemi maintains grip on Falcon Cell

China pushes Xinjiang narrative in French regions

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