Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, United Kingdom
Central Asian intelligence services take a first step towards their British counterparts

Japan
Japan counts on Sasakawa Foundation to secure its place in US and European plans

Japan's foreign ministry is sponsoring researchers from the Sasakawa Peace Foundation to help redefine the country's vision of the Indo-Pacific region and, with the help of Japanese embassies abroad, spread the word in international colloquiums.

The Intelligence Gazette
Russia's mobilisation, PUK ends internal feud, EU's foresight hub, France's cyber security plan at UN, defence attachés' battles in Indo-Pacific region

Russia
Mobilisation a pretext for settling scores between siloviki and opponents.

Iraq
The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan puts end to internal feud.

European Union
EEAS seeks private sector contractor for future strategic foresight hub.

France/Germany/United States
Macron tries to revive cyber action programme at UN.

United States/China
Battle of defence attachés in Indo-Pacific region.

Central Asia, Russia
Russia's soft power institutions tread carefully in Central Asia

Moscow is trying to maintain its influence in Central Asian countries through its soft power agencies with the aim of consolidating and strengthening its alliances in the region. But the 9 May celebrations revealed deep dissensions within some countries.

Kyrgyzstan, Russia
Afghan tensions affords Bishkek spymasters strategic regional role

Taking advantage of the renewed prominence of Central Asia following the Afghan outbursts, the Kyrgyz spymasters are seeking to consolidate their position and to assert the interests of Bishkek in the regional dynamics between Beijing, Islamabad and New Delhi.

Kazakhstan
External intelligence returns to KNB fold

A decree was published last month taking away the independence [...]