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The Agencies' 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

France, Taiwan
Taiwan receives French electronic warfare training

French military services firm DCI has recently started giving out strategic training in Taiwan, which is at the centre of Indo-Pacific tensions.

Cambodia
Against backdrop of regional rivalries, Cambodia's new police chief puts stamp on internal security

New police head Sar Thet, who has oversight of the country's intelligence services, is reorganising his troops with political goals in mind as Vietnam and China watch from the sidelines.

Spotlight | China, Taiwan, United States
From opposite sides, Tapei and Beijing both lobbying for African American support

A battle pitching Tapei's lobbyists Empire Consulting against Beijing's U.S. Exchange Foundation for Black support is raging in Washington. Empire has close ties to the Congressional Black Caucus, a chief target of both sides.

China, Vietnam
Beijing tightens security in Guangxi province on Vietnam border

As diplomatic ties between Vietnam and the US get closer, the Chinese Communist Party is pressing ahead with plans to modernise its border control posts on the Vietnamese border.

Taiwan, United States
Huang and Chen, the Kuomintang's deft Washington duo

Taiwan's Kuomintang has deployed envoys Alexander Huang and Admiral Richard Chen to Washington to change the traditional view that the opposition party is always close to Beijing, before looming presidential elections in both countries.

Canada, Singapore
Canadian cyber specialist Octasic does business in Singapore via Kuan Fook Sing

To extend its reach in Asia, the geolocation specialist is drawing on a Singaporean entrepreneur.

North Korea, Russia
Russian tax authorities watchful of counter-proliferation issues with Pyongyang

The rapprochement between Pyongyang and Moscow, illustrated by Kim Jong-un's recent visit to Vladimir Putin, has not deterred Russia's tax authorities from taking a keen interest in counter-proliferation issues with North Korea.

The Agencies' Gazette
Voatz vs Minsk, Russkiy Mir, biometric controls in Israel, Wang Yi in DC

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 Moscow, Washington, Minsk and Tel Aviv.

US/BelarusBelarusian opposition in talks with secure online voting platform Voatz

RussiaTolstoy descendant to promote Russian soft power

IsraelBiometric cameras against foreign spies

China/United StatesWang Yi expected in Washington in early October

Russia, Singapore
Ammertex, a gateway for FSB surveillance service providers' imports in Singapore

As the West tries to step up economic pressure on Moscow, Russian intelligence service providers are looking for outlets in Asia. The small company Ammertex has become a favourite in Singapore.

Vietnam
Vietnam friendship associations seek to bolster influence abroad

Hanoi intends to take advantage of its friendship networks abroad to improve its economic prospecting capabilities.

The Tech Telegraph
Snowpack goes global, Beacon Red in Singapore, MIL Corp helps NAWCAD in cyber

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each Thursday, we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

Paris Snowpack turns to RB 42 for international business development

Singapore Beacon Red showcases offensive cyber technologies

Washington NAWCAD draws on MIL Corp's cyber expertise