Turkey
Habitual influence wielder Erdogan takes up fight against foreign interference in Turkey

Armenia, Moldova, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States
Security consultants flock to help Kyiv, Yerevan and Chisinau aim for NATO and EU membership

Ukraine, Armenia and Moldova have been seeking outside expertise on making their defence sectors more interoperable with NATO structures and to get up to speed with the workings of the European Union, creating rich pickings for a host of external consultancies.

Azerbaijan, France, Turkey
Ankara's French 'spy ring' accusations are pressure tactics, say sources

Turkey recently announced that its intelligence services had dismantled a French espionage network involving Syrian refugees in what appears to be a move from Ankara to put pressure on Paris as diplomatic relations continue to deteriorate.

The Intelligence Gazette
Harris leaves NCA, Belarusian bonds, MIT's loss, Chinese narrative in France, DGSE book launch

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

United KingdomConsultant Toby Harris steps away from NCA

Russia/BelarusInfowar on Belarusian bonds

Turkey/United StatesLong-standing MIT-CIA go-between dies

France/ChinaChinese TV seeks guests unopposed to Xi's official visit to Paris

FranceBook of DGSE officer interviews set to hit the shelves

Turkey
Foreign Minister Fidan still pulls the strings at MIT

Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan retains unwavering influence over the intelligence service, the MIT, which he headed for eight years.