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EUROPE PAKISTAN 19/10/2021

Pakistani intelligence service's activity in Europe invigorated by its victory in Afghanistan

Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, which played a key role in the victory of the Talibans in Kabul, remains highly active in Europe, particularly in Germany, which is a favourite target for its technology sourcing activities. [...]

AFGHANISTAN PAKISTAN 18/10/2021

ISI concerned about alliance between Islamic State in Khorasan and Pakistan's Taliban

Despite the proximity between Islamabad's intelligence community and Kabul's new rulers, the strengthening of the Pakistani component of the Taliban, allied with Islamic State in Khorasan, is not to the liking of Pakistan's ISI spymasters. [...]

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RUSSIA UNITED KINGDOM INDIA UNITED STATES 15/10/2021

New Delhi positions itself as Afghanistan intelligence hub

The head of Russia's National Security Council (NSC) Nikolai Patrushev, left, met with India's national security adviser Ajit Doval on 8 September 2021 in New Delhi. © Russian Foreign Ministry/TASS via Reuters Connect

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED STATES CHINA 12/10/2021

Washington concerned about joint Chinese-Emirati push into Europe

China's part-public group Sinopharm and Group 42, which is dedicated to the special projects of the Emirati national security adviser, have jointly invested in a number of projects in Serbia, sparking growing concern in Washington about the cooperation between the two countries. [...]

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RUSSIA VIETNAM 08/10/2021

Moscow strengthens ties with Hanoi in response to Indo-Pacific diplomatic shift

Russian foreign affairs minister Serguei Lavrov with his Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son. © Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry/Handout/EPA/MaxPPP

INDIA PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN 08/10/2021

India's intelligence service RAW deployed in bid to influence Afghan affairs

In a new strategy on Afghanistan that keeps India's opposition to Islamabad very much to the forefront, New Delhi has instructed its external intelligence service, the RAW, to corral anti-Taliban forces. [...]

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AFGHANISTAN 01/10/2021

Taliban high command split between Baradar and Haqqani Network supporters

Despite their victory, the Taliban remain internally divided between supporters of their former negotiator in Doha, Abdul Ghani Baradar, and members of the radical Haqqani Network. [...]

CHINA 22/09/2021

Li and Zhang tasked with supervising Xi Jinping's new disciplinary drive

Li Wei and Zhang Xuan are to liaise between security service chiefs and provincial officials in charge of implementing the wide-ranging disciplinary programme aimed at rooting out and punishing those who fail to toe the Chinese Communist Party line. [...]

CHINA 15/09/2021

China Center for Globalization helps Beijing attract foreign investment

The China Center for Globalization, affiliated with the United Front Work Department, has a number of Western advisers on its board and is growing in influence. [...]

JAPAN RUSSIA 14/09/2021

Russia uses intelligence archives to gain diplomatic advantage over Japan

Past conflicts often aggravate present disputes but the Kremlin has decided to use its intelligence archives to embarrass Japan into making concessions on the diplomatic front. [...]

Sergei Novikov, Head of the Russian Presidential Office for Public Projects, speaks during the Khabarovsk Trial Forum in Khabarovsk, Russia. © Grigory Sysoev / Sputnik / Sputnik via AFP

PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN 14/09/2021

Pakistan's ISI steers establishment of Taliban security and intelligence apparatus Free

With the Taliban government under construction, Islamabad is determined to maintain its central role in Afghanistan's affairs and is using its intelligence service to shape the new security apparatus in Kabul. [...]

UNITED STATES AFGHANISTAN TADJIKISTAN 10/09/2021

US diplomat John Ginkel keeps eye on Kabul from Dushanbe

Away from the tumult in Kabul, neighbouring Tajikistan is a key vantage point from which to observe the Central Asian region. A regional expert based at the US embassy is keeping Washington up to speed with the latest developments. [...]

United States chargé d'affaires John Ginkel, and Colonel Shohiyon Abdusattor, deputy commander of Tajikistan's Border Guard Forces, participated in the opening ceremony for the Okultun border outpost, in 2019. © usembassy.dushanbe/Facebook

CHINA FRANCE 08/09/2021

ParisTech partners with PLA-affiliated university amid growing French scrutiny

The ParisTech university cluster, which includes elite French engineering schools, has struck a partnership on student and research exchange with China's Xi'an Jiaotong University. The latter works closely with the People's Liberation Army. [...]

QATAR AFGHANISTAN 03/09/2021

Doha keeps mediator role despite intelligence failures on Taliban

Qatar, home to the political branch of the Taliban since 2011, is proud of its role as mediator and the international visibility that goes with it. Its intelligence errors on the evolution of the situation in Afghanistan seem not to have dented its determination to remain closely involved. [...]

EUROPE CHINA 02/09/2021

Hangzhou Dianzi University helps lead Beijing's hunt for European AI expertise

China's Hangzhou Dianzi University is opening an artificial intelligence research centre with Austrian partners including the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien). Such joint research laboratories can be used by the Chinese government to acquire foreign technology. [...]

HONGKONG CHINA 31/08/2021

Hong Kong police still rocky after Choi scandal

The Hong Kong Police Force continues to reshuffle its team, with Frederic Choi Chin-pang, the former head of national security, demoted to director of personnel and training. [...]

AFGHANISTAN SAUDI ARABIA PAKISTAN 27/08/2021

After fall of Kabul, Riyadh takes prudent approach to talks with Taliban

Although keen to keep on the US administration's good side, Saudi Arabia wants to prevent Iran having free rein in Afghanistan and has instructed his spymasters to engage in a prudent dialogue with the Taliban, facilitated by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence. [...]

AFGHANISTAN TURKEY 26/08/2021

Ankara maintains Afghan ambitions despite Taliban takeover

The US withdrawal from Afghanistan should have meant Turkey stepping in and taking control of Kabul airport but the Taliban's rapid advance changed all that. However Ankara is maintaining its objectives even if it means talking to Afghanistan's new authorities. [...]

CHINA UNITED STATES 25/08/2021

Congress ready to spend big on China intelligence

The proposed US intelligence budget for 2022, currently under review in Congress, further underlines that China has become a top priority, both in the technology race between the two countries and with regards to containment around Taiwan. [...]

ARMENIA RUSSIA CENTRAL ASIA BELARUS 30/07/2021

CIS launches financial intelligence operation 'Orion'

Under the auspices of Russian intelligence service Rosfinmonitoring, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) aims to strengthen ties through the Orion programme and IT system SiNerGia. [...]

Yury Chikhanchin, director of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service. © Mikhail Klimentyev/Russian Presidential Press and Information Office/TASS

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