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UK Chinese embassy, US riot support, GAO management lessons, Xi's manoeuvres, Franco-Vietnamese vulnerability

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

UK/ChinaBeijing strengthens London defence mission

USWashington to send riot control to Latin America

FranceManagement lessons from founder of DGSI intervention unit

China/Russia/North KoreaXi Jinping keeps military trilateral at arm's length

France/VietnamNo clearance for Vietnam-linked Ineo Defense employee

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Ex-CIA at Stanford, French fight against organised crime, strategic post in Beijing

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

USFormer NIC vice-president lands new job at Stanford

FranceDefence ministry considering involvement in fight against organised crime

ChinaXi secures loyal advisers post Politburo

France
Intelligence master's course proves breeding ground for future industry pros

The Security, Defense and Strategic Intelligence Master's programme at France's elite Sciences Po Rennes university, launched ten years ago, is now firmly established. Its graduates have gone on to fill key roles in government ministries and defence companies.

United States
US diplomatic intelligence nominee doubles down on anti-European essay

During his nomination hearing to head the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Michael Vance told the Senate Intelligence Committee that his unusually political essay criticising several European countries, was consistent with current US foreign policy.

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DIA's ongoing vacancy, re-election at French intel vets body, PLA's anti-corruption meetings

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

United StatesDIA struggles to find new head of counter-narcotics

FranceAlain Juillet re-elected head of intelligence veterans association

ChinaCentral Military Commission applies Xi Jinping's directives

France
Algorithmic intelligence techniques gain momentum

An overview of the implementation of algorithmic intelligence techniques for detecting terrorist threats was presented last month by the French government to the chairs of the French National Assembly and the Senate's Legal Affairs and Defence Committees.

France
France's DGSE rejects growing fortune teller role

As the world's crises increase, French government departments are increasingly calling on the DGSE foreign intelligence agency to predict the geopolitical future. A Court of Auditors' report has for the first time highlighted the service's growing irritation with this flood of requests.

Germany
BND warns business leaders of Russian threat

Germany's BND foreign intelligence service sent a memo earlier this week to several major German-owned companies warning them of the risks bearing on their executives in this current period of heightened geopolitical tensions.