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Kovalchuk clan in Kremlin, INIS fights corruption, Washington in Riyadh, Beijing and its reservists, China's model ambassador in Paris

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from Moscow to Baghdad, via Washington, Riyadh and Beijing.

RussiaKovalchuk clan adds another link to Kremlin spymasters

IraqINIS helps with Sudani's crackdown on corruption

United States/Saudi ArabiaWashington calls for greater intelligence sharing with Gulf Cooperation Council

ChinaBeijing relies on reserves to expand PLA

ChinaLu Shaye, ambassador in Paris, in Beijing's good graces

China
'Shaanxi Gang' on the rise during Xi's third term

From anti-corruption campaigns to the Central Military Commission, more and more strategic Chinese Communist Party positions are being filled by members who hail from or forged their political career in the president's home province of Shaanxi.

Germany
Allies increasingly concerned about intelligence cooperation with Germany's BND

Foreign partner services fear exposure from recent Russian infiltration of the German external intelligence service.

The Agencies' Gazette
Intelligence Academy seeks director, Abbas Ibrahim's mandate, Moscow's anti-drone battle, CIA's PCRB problem, Bulgarian intelligence

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 look at Moscow, Washington, Paris, Sofia and Beirut.

France Intelligence Academy advertises for new director

Lebanon Berri joins push to extend Ibrahim's mandate

Russia Intelligence at forefront of fight against drones

United States CIA publication review process questioned

Bulgaria Internal security under scrutiny

Spymaster | Japan
Hiroaki Takizawa aims to ensure Japan plays key Indo-Pacific intelligence role

Naicho director Hiroaki Takizawa aims to make Japan's intelligence services more self-sufficient by increasingly involving them in technical and political alliances in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond.

United States
NSA banks on work-study contracts to meet hiring challenge

With plans to take on 3000 new staff, the NSA's ambitious recruitment drive reveals Washington's emphasis on electromagnetic and cyber intelligence. But filling these vacancies is also proving to be a challenge, which the agency plans to meet through significant investments in training.

Tajikistan
In midst of discreet presidential succession war, security officials sharpen their blades

Succession planning is a highly secretive affair and the country's political and security corridors are awash with rumours. Next-in-line for leadership is Rustam Emomali, the son of current president Emomali Rahmon. But security officers and business leaders have emerged as contenders.

United States
ODNI suffers political fallout from Biden classified documents discovery

Controversy over the mishandling of classified documents by the US leadership has put the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) in a tight spot, where it is torn between fighting leaks on the one hand and respecting its responsibility to keep out of politics on the other.

France
Anti-corruption agency pleads for closer collaboration with intelligence services

During his hearing by the MPs from the parliamentary enquiry commission on foreign interference on 26 January, the head of the French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA), Charles Duchaine, pleaded for greater collaboration with the intelligence services.