United Kingdom
UK parliament awaits new NSA Tim Barrow and reform of National Security Council

United Kingdom
Hakluyt attempts to unlock mysteries of Investment Security Unit

London-based corporate intelligence firm Hakluyt is quietly getting to grips with the UK parliament's Sub-Committee on National Security and Investment.

The Intelligence Gazette
Access to UK Special Forces, DGSI and criminal records, JIO's new hub, TurkStream under threat and spying on French pilots in China?

United Kingdom
Ben Wallace and the Defence Committee cross swords over parliamentary control of UK Special Forces.

France
DGSI to have permanent access to criminal records file.

United Kingdom
The Joint Intelligence Organisation creates an OSINT "insights hub".

Hungary
Budapest scans TurkStream for sabotage risks.

France
Is DGSE now keeping an eye on ex-Air Force staff abroad following Intelligence Online's revelations?

United Kingdom
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).

The Intelligence Gazette
CIA and Taliban, UK geospatial intel, Russian control centre in Ukraine, Serbian BIA

United States/Afghanistan
Islamabad and Doha aid CIA-Taliban meeting.

United Kingdom
Intelligence issues in British space strategy.

Russia
Intelligence services at heart of new Ukraine coordination council.

Serbia
Vucic blends geopolitics with internal security.

United Kingdom
London searches for new security contractors to handle its operations in crisis zones

Overseen by the National Security Council (NSC), Britain's CSSF, which provides funds for projects in crisis zones and influence operations, has started the long process of selecting its new contractors. With an annual allocation of £1.

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Intelligence and Security Committee still fighting for oversight of Investment Security Unit

The British parliamentary intelligence committee is still pushing for greater scrutiny of the new foreign investment unit against an unbending British government. It is also asking to overhaul its own powers.

France, United Kingdom
Franco-British Council holds strong despite AUKUS curveball

Funded by the arms industry, activist investors and the British and French governments, the Franco-British Council encourages defence cooperation from both sides of the Channel - and the contracts it generates - together with the British parliament's All-Party Parliamentary Group for France.

United Kingdom
National Security Secretariat execs courted by private sector

The NSS, created in 2010 to liaise with the prime minister on intelligence policy, is a hotbed for those who want to work for private groups.

United Kingdom
Ukraine's intelligence chief spills beans on McIntosh's spy past

Egor Bozhok, who was appointed Ukraine's deputy minister for foreign [...]