Ambani is the key intermediary for the French military-industrial complex in India. ©Bloomberg FRANCE / INDIA Published on 16/08/2017 Business moghul Ambani is key partner for defence contracts between France and India
Peter Thiel has become Trump's principal technology adviser. ©Bloomberg UNITED STATES Published on 09/08/2017 Thiel is Trump's intelligence guru
Ivor Ichikowitz AFRICA / CENTRAL ASIA / MIDDLE EAST Published on 07/09/2016 Ivor Ichikowitz, the worldwide connections of the South African arms magnate Free
Norman-Lamont IRAN / UNITED KINGDOM Published on 17/02/2016 Norman Lamont, pillar of the British-Iranian business community
SAUDI ARABIAUNITED STATES 04/04/2012 King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia made no secret of his [...]
UNITED STATES 04/04/2012 NIC’s crystal ball The National Intelligence Council has a department that forecasts and explores very long-term global trends and events. [...]
JAPAN 04/04/2012 The emperor’s spy Anti-terrorism specialist Takaji Kunimatsu has taken over as the new head of the Imperial House of Japan’s intelligence service. [...]
UNITED STATESTURKEY 04/04/2012 David Petraeus David Petraeus visited Ankara on March 13 to meet his [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 04/04/2012 Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Muqrin bin Abdulaziz, the head of Saudi Arabia's General Intelligence [...]
CANADATHAILAND 04/04/2012 Ward Elcock Ward Elcock, who used to head the Canadian Security Intelligence [...]
UNITED STATES 04/04/2012 Mary Legere Mary Legere, who has headed Intelligence and Security Command at [...]
SYRIATURKEY 04/04/2012 Damascus seals pact with PKK Bashar al-Assad’s regime has reactivated its ties with the PKK Kurdish separatists in retaliation for Turkey’s logistical support of the Syrian Free Army. [...]
FRANCE 04/04/2012 Intelligence services seek accountability The question of parliamentary control over France’s intelligence services has become a presidential campaign issue. [...]
UNITED STATES 04/04/2012 NSA competes for engineers Like all Western interception services, the National Security Agency (NSA) is in competition with the private sector to attract the [...]
FRANCEUZBEKISTAN 04/04/2012 Afghan withdrawal offers rich pickings On February 16, French transport minister Thierry Mariana obtained Uzbek President Islam Karimov’s agreement to repatriate by rail hundreds of [...]
MIDDLE EAST 04/04/2012 Hamas leaders scatter Free The fall-out between Hamas political chief Khaled Meshaal and his supporters in Iran and Syria has obliged the movement’s other [...]
FRANCE 04/04/2012 Electoral hostage fears What becomes of the French hostages still being held in [...]
LEBANON 04/04/2012 Hezbollah MP’s missing kin Following the confiscation of sophisticated chemistry equipment in a border [...]
UNITED STATES 04/04/2012 BOLT, U.S. Army’s official translator Launched just a year ago by DARPA, the Pentagon’s research [...]
LEBANON 04/04/2012 Building a wall on the border Hezbollah fighters posted in Southern Lebanon and UNIFIL (United Nations [...]
IRANISRAEL 04/04/2012 Next war will start in Sinai Still allied to Iran (see left) Ismael Haniyeh, the prime [...]
Spotlight FRANCE 21/03/2012 Socialists plan intelligence reforms French intelligence officials are bracing themselves for change if, as anticipated, François Hollande succeed Nicolas Sarkozy as France's leader in the upcoming presidential election. The French Socialists have not gone public about their intentions for the sector. However, behind the [...]
