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The Agencies' Gazette
Egypt's IS troubles, Kazakhstan's National Guard, Ukraine's new Marines

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets of news, big and small, from the global intelligence community. This week we head to Cairo, Nur-Sultan and Odessa.

Egypt Military intel targeted by the local IS

Kazakhstan National Guard ups border surveillance

Ukraine New Marines' Odessa training

Pakistan
Army chief Qamer Javed Bajwa wants more time to improve relations with Saudi Arabia

A key figure in the Pakistani state hierarchy, chief of the army staff Qamer Javad Bajwa wants his tenure extended so that he can continue to work on improving Pakistan's relations with Saudi Arabia and deal with pressing security issues, like the growing influence of the Pakistani Taliban movement.

Brazil, China
China's CCCC consolidates its position in Brazil with massive new investment

By backing CCCC's expansion plans in Brazil, the Chinese Communist Party hopes to create new opportunities for Chinese companies throughout Latin America. It also wants to test a new entryist strategy for getting into hostile markets.

Kazakhstan
The Bolashak Consulting Group, a senior Kazakh official talent incubator

Bolashak Consulting Group has been a loyal ally to Nur-Sultan during its international legal battles and also acts as a talent incubator for the country's political and judicial elite.

European Union, France, Singapore
Infinite Orbits moves up from satellite maintenance to high orbit space surveillance

Geostationary orbit services company Infinite Orbits is aiming to provide in situ surveillance for space assets. Its activities will take it into competition with the programmes of the leading space powers, which are preoccupied with the need to defend their satellites.

Afghanistan, Europe, France
French security company Amarante strengthens its EU support team in Afghanistan

Brussels, which is determined to reinforce its diplomatic representation in Kabul, plans to increase the number of staff it employs there, relying on French company Amarante International to provide the necessary protection.

Pakistan, UAE
Bristol Engineering Service, the Pakistani deep state's Emirati relay

The Dubai-based company led by businessman Majjid Bashir Ahmed serves as one of the Pakistani deep state's offshore tools. It helps connect Islamabad's defence industry with foreign buyers and contributes to the country's stock of foreign military equipment.

Central Asia, Turkey
Turkish armoured vehicle producers target Central Asian market

As Turkish defence industrialists continue to pursue their commercial ambitions in Central Asian states, the armoured vehicle manufacturer Otokar is expanding its efforts in both Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

India, Japan, South Korea
Prospect of NATO presence in Indo-Pacific region creates havoc in the Quad

Japan and South Korea believe that a NATO presence in the East would help counterbalance the influence of China and strengthen the credibility of the US's commitments in the region. India is against the idea, however, fearing that it could escalate the risk of military conflict.

Armenia, Belarus, Central Asia, Russia
Russia pushes for defence focus within Eurasia's block

Despite tensions between the heads of the CSTO, a Eurasian alliance intended to act as a counterweight to NATO, Russia plans to have its member states focus on defence through more concrete action away from political declarations.