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The facade of the Travellers Club, at 106 Pall Mall, London. © Google Maps

Spy Way Of Life

UNITED KINGDOM 29/07/2022

The Travellers Club: where big business meets big secrets

UNITED STATES EUROPE GEORGIA 29/07/2022

UE and US use tried and tested methods for security reform in Tbilisi

After refusing Georgia the status of candidate for European Union membership, Brussels is pushing the country to relaunch major reform programmes. National security is an area that has come under particular criticism, both in defence and intelligence. [...]

Svend Larsen, head of the Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste. © Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste

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DENMARK 29/07/2022

Svend Larsen, low-key interim chief of Denmark's scandal-shaken external intelligence service

BELARUS 29/07/2022

Infighting tears apart Belarus opposition as Moscow, EU and US watch

Rival factions of the Belarusian opposition in exile have openly descended into infighting, accusing each other of collusion with foreign intelligence or even with the government in Minsk. Meanwhile, armed groups continue to plot the regime's downfall. [...]

BELARUS 29/07/2022

KGB keeps @Lebiadok behind bars Free

On 12 July, a specialist in the Russian and Belarusian military-industrial complex was quietly taken into custody in Minsk. The extension of his detention beyond the 15 days prescribed by law makes it seem likely he will face administrative or criminal prosecution, probably related to his work as an expert. [...]

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UKRAINE 28/07/2022

Shape of Zelensky's post-Bakanov intelligence corps begins to emerge

Staying true to habit, Volodymyr Zelensky has spent the past few weeks reappointing his regional domestic intelligence directors having dismissed their chief Ivan Bakanov on 19 July. [...]

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. © Ukrainian Presidential Press Off/Zuma Press/MaxPPP

CHINA TAIWAN 28/07/2022

Beijing goes into action ahead of Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan

Taking advantage of a possible visit to Taiwan by the Democrat and US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi, China's Central Military Commission is speeding up its plans to retake control of the nationalist island. [...]

The head of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, is expected to visit Taiwan in August. © Jabin Botsford - Pool via CNP/picture alliance / Consolidated News Photos/Newscom/MaxPPP

AUSTRALIA CHINA UNITED STATES 27/07/2022

The key to Australia's diplomatic muscle in the Pacific

By mixing offers of services with warnings of threats, the new Canberra administration has managed to shift most of the Pacific nations out of China's sphere of influence. [...]

Solomon Islands leader Manasseh Sogavare (right) met with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on 13 July in Fiji. © Reuters

EGYPT ISRAEL 27/07/2022

Abbas Kamel keeps the calm in Gaza for Biden's visit

Familiar with mediation between Israel and Palestine, the Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel was back in action during the US president's visit to Gaza, a task made no easier with a remnant from the Six-Day War in the background. [...]

SYRIA 27/07/2022

Syrian army and Syrian Democratic Forces join forces to face Erdogan's intervention threats

As the Turkish president continues to threaten a new intervention in Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces have finally opted to form an ad hoc alliance with the regime in Damascus, offering it a long hoped for opportunity to return to north-eastern Syria. [...]

AUSTRALIA EUROPE UKRAINE 26/07/2022

EU states push for Australia free-trade deal as reward for Ukraine support

The Baltic states, along with Poland, Sweden and Finland, are lobbying to thank Australia for its contribution to the war in Ukraine by finalising the free-trade deal negotiations Canberra started with the EU in 2018. [...]

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shaking hands prior to their meeting in Kyiv, on 3 July 2022. © Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/AFP

CHINA 26/07/2022

Premier Li Keqiang's future to be decided in Beidaihe

Chinese Communist Party officials have met in the utmost secrecy at the seaside resort to decide on how the transition to the president's third term will pan out. [...]

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang speaks at a teleconference on implementing policies to stabilize the economy on 25 May, 2022. © Yan Yan/Xinhua/Xinhua via AFP

UKRAINE 26/07/2022

Ukraine presidency ally holds cards in naming new anti-corruption chiefs

The leadership of the corruption-fighting arsenal in Kyiv rests in the hands of the new chief prosecutor, Oleksi Simonenko. A former SBU intelligence officer, his close connections within the presidency have made him a rising star in the war-stricken country's leadership. [...]

SpotlightFRANCE 25/07/2022

DGSE reform: The DR is dead, long live the DR !

The reform of France's external intelligence service, the DGSE, which was published on 16 July, looks to have signed the death warrant of its intelligence department, Direction du Renseignement (DR). Former DR executives remain as influential as ever, however, in the new structure. [...]

BAHRAIN FRANCE ISRAEL ROMANIA 25/07/2022

The Intelligence Gazette: Domenach at the CNRLT, Mossad in Manama, Romanian cyber

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 Tel Aviv, Paris and Bucharest. [...]

UNITED STATES 25/07/2022

US's arms shipments to Ukraine putting pressure on CIA-Pentagon cooperation

The upscaling of military assistance to Ukraine is testing cooperation between the CIA and the US Department of Defense amid heightened fears about the fate of Western weapons. [...]

EUROPE 25/07/2022

EU counter-interference chief wants to create and head an European anti-fake news agency

The head of the East StratCom Task Force, Lutz Gullner, is quietly trying to urge MEPs to push for the creation of a full-blown EU anti-disinformation agency, which he would like to lead. Though few seem enthusiastic, his project does have one very powerful supporter. [...]

BELGIUM CHINA 25/07/2022

Belgium wants its intelligence services to keep tabs on Chinese investments

The draft law aimed at creating a body to "filter" foreign investments, which is in line with the approach taken by more and more European countries, has met with reluctance from Standing Committee R. [...]

Spy Way Of Life FRANCE 22/07/2022

Le Zimmer, a Belle Époque cafe for artists and spies

Across the globe, spies gather in inconspicuous dens, where they meet contacts and hold discreet conversations. This week, Intelligence Online explores Le Zimmer, a central Parisian cafe that makes for a handy meeting point for French foreign intelligence officers and their sources. [...]

Le Zimmer café, place du Châtelet, Paris. © Petr Kovalenkov/Alamy banque d'images

FRANCE 22/07/2022

Tighter controls on the way over defence and intelligence officials switching to the private sector

Among the many legislative reforms to be put forward in France's future revised military planning law, there is a proposal to keep tighter control of armed forces ministry officials looking to move into the private sector. [...]

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The Travellers Club: where big business meets big secrets

UE and US use tried and tested methods for security reform in Tbilisi

Svend Larsen, low-key interim chief of Denmark's scandal-shaken external intelligence service

Infighting tears apart Belarus opposition as Moscow, EU and US watch

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Shape of Zelensky's post-Bakanov intelligence corps begins to emerge

Beijing goes into action ahead of Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan

The key to Australia's diplomatic muscle in the Pacific

Abbas Kamel keeps the calm in Gaza for Biden's visit

Syrian army and Syrian Democratic Forces join forces to face Erdogan's intervention threats

EU states push for Australia free-trade deal as reward for Ukraine support

Premier Li Keqiang's future to be decided in Beidaihe

Ukraine presidency ally holds cards in naming new anti-corruption chiefs

DGSE reform: The DR is dead, long live the DR !

The Intelligence Gazette: Domenach at the CNRLT, Mossad in Manama, Romanian cyber

US's arms shipments to Ukraine putting pressure on CIA-Pentagon cooperation

EU counter-interference chief wants to create and head an European anti-fake news agency

Belgium wants its intelligence services to keep tabs on Chinese investments

Le Zimmer, a Belle Époque cafe for artists and spies

Tighter controls on the way over defence and intelligence officials switching to the private sector

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