Spotlight | Saudi Arabia
Riyadh hardens tone against IEA as analysts predict weakened OPEC role

The Agencies' Gazette
FGS in Abu Dhabi, CIA cyber veteran launches consultancy, Saint-Gobain hiring

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

Abu DhabiGovernment media office engages FGS

Washington CIA cyber directorate veteran launches consultancy

ParisSaint-Gobain seeks new head of security

Saudi Arabia, United States
US arms groups focus on Riyadh operations ahead of imminent US-Saudi security pact

With the Biden administration finalising a security and civil nuclear assistance pact with Riyadh, and a possible side-deal to lift its ban on offensive weapons, the US arms industry is readying itself for a new wave of weapons contracts, albeit not necessarily for US assembly lines

France, Saudi Arabia
Paris appoints new ambassador to revive stalled relations

Patrick Maisonnave is to take up his post in Riyadh in September, with bilateral relations struggling and Paris increasingly interested in being part of the new Saudi-Israeli connection that has emerged from the war with Hamas.