France, NATO
French senate elections to shake up NATO Parliamentary Assembly presidency

France
Senate hits gender parity problem over nominations to intelligence oversight commission

Following the French senatorial elections in September, the French Senate has had to renew its representatives on two intelligence service oversight bodies. Yet the Socialist group has hit a gender parity problem over its nominations to one of them.

Finland, Norway, United Kingdom
Europe's Arctic states aim to boost intelligence cooperation with UK

The last two Scandinavian countries' membership of NATO has led the Arctic rim countries to move towards greater intelligence cooperation with the United Kingdom to help them deal with both Russia and China.

The Intelligence Gazette
French Senate, Taipei, AUKUS, Houthis

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week, we bring news from France, Taiwan, London and Riyadh.

FranceDGSE monitors battle for chair of French Senate foreign affairs and defence commission

ChinaBeijing ramps up media presence in Taiwan

United KingdomDavid Williams, AUKUS's mainstay in London

IsraelRiyadh eagerly awaits data on the Houthis from Mossad

Europe, North America
Brunssum Command central to NATO's regional plans

Joint Force Command Brunssum, one of three operational NATO commands, will be in charge of the alliance's rapid reaction forces in 2024, while new plans were adopted at the Vilnius summit that have specific implications for the "Northern Europe" command.

The Intelligence Gazette
Yulia Shoigu, Akhmed Zakayev, NGA drops analogue imaging, NATO, Bernard Emié

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

Moscow Defence minister puts daughter in charge of veteran aid fund

Kyiv Akhmed Zakayev's Chechen armed wing gets its baptism of fire

Springfield Final curtain for analogue imagery

Brussels NATO looks for help on Russia analysis

France DGSE director, diplomat Bernard Emié, opts for state administror status

Japan, NATO
Japan is looking for ways of getting closer to NATO without a Tokyo liaison office

Japan's desire for stronger links with NATO has prompted Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to start lobbying for Japan to have a bureau at NATO headquarters in Brussels.