Paris seeks to grasp the fluid concept of lawfare

Here, there and everywhere: National Strategic Review wants intelligence services on all fronts 

As the government puts the final touches on the National Strategic Review relating to defence and national security, Intelligence Online has been able to consult the report's latest draft, which gives pride of place to intelligence.

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France's security interceptions unit feels pinch of staff shortages 

The inter-ministerial GIC (Groupement Interministériel de Contrôle), which operates France's security interceptions, is having trouble filling its ranks as its workload piles up.

Anti-disinformation agency Viginum seeks to move up a gear after a year in operation 

Officially launched in July 2021, Viginum counters foreign influence operations, a goal that is now a priority for the French government.

France sets up 'CIA' to strengthen inter-ministerial cooperation on crisis and threat anticipation 

The Comité Interministériel d'Anticipation (CIA), a little known committee overseen by France's general defence and national security secretariat, the SGDSN, has been set up to coordinate inter-ministerial forward planning on security and defence matters. It should benefit French strategic planning - but also public spending.

The Chinese state-backed magazine seeking to influence France's think tanks and political elite 

Beijing's latest influence campaign in France comes in the form of Dialogue Chine-France, a glossy magazine that is edited by Chinese state-backed media and a small Paris publisher and has ties to China's leading intelligence agency.

Macron's aides don thinking caps to keep data from DoJ's clutches 

The French government is wrestling with the scope of a planned reform to the French blocking statute so that it can protects cloud data.