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DGSE training camp revamp, Wagner hires for Africa, Xi's talk with Macron at G20, New military intelligence chief in Hanoi, Viginum awaits its hour against Baku

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FranceDGSE to bring parachutist training centre up to scratch

RussiaWagner's Africa Corps is hiring

China/FranceXi and Macron to discuss Ukraine at G20 summit in Rio

VietnamPham Ngoc Hung closes 10-year chapter as military intelligence chief

FranceViginum awaits its hour against Baku

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General Vladimir Alekseyev, Deputy Director of the GU.

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China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States
The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

China, Europe
Chinese influence and interference in Western Europe

Europe, Russia
Chechen separatism, the anti-Putin trump card

Ukraine
Jamming wars

Central America, China, South America
Beijing on the offensive in Washington's spheres of influence

Insiders | China
Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar
Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

The Intelligence Gazette
DGSE training camp revamp, Wagner hires for Africa, Xi's talk with Macron at G20, New military intelligence chief in Hanoi, Viginum awaits its hour against Baku

The Intelligence Gazette
Pressure on DGSE in Africa, China on Ukraine fence, France's ‘Mr Big Event' security boss moves on, UK's former ISC chair speaks out

France, Russia
Alesia Miloradovich sanctioned as supplier of French election observers to the Russian government

China, France
France's political crisis upends China relations

Azerbaijan, France
Baku holds upper hand in ongoing information war with France

France, Israel, Vietnam
French embassy pushing Airbus for new Vietnam spy satellite despite bumpy past

Azerbaijan, France
On COP29 sidelines, lawyers ramp up efforts to defend one of their French clients in Baku

France, Russia
Russian interference in France: on the trail of a French Telegram disinformation ringmaster

The Intelligence Gazette
NSC's new China expert, GIGN's China Club chats, DHS-FBI relations issues, Vietnamese military intel changes loom

Azerbaijan, France
Declining Paris-Baku relations overshadow prisoner predicament

China, France
Beijing tries to entice Paris into parallel Russia-Ukraine peace talks

Spotlight | China, France, Hungary, Serbia
Budapest, Belgrade, Paris: a glimpse inside Xi Jinping's upcoming European tour

Russia
Shadow mobilisation: Wagner veterans sell to the highest bidder

Spymaster | Russia
Vladimir Alekseyev, the bridge between military intelligence and paramilitary groups

Spotlight | Russia
Wagner group splits into two plus one

Spymaster | Vietnam
Vietnam spymaster Hung banks on military intelligence tech to counter public security rivals

France, Israel, Vietnam
Anti-corruption investigation: Charges against Vietnamese businesswoman threaten to impact Israeli and French defence companies