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
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATESSINGAPORE 16/05/2018 Emerging SIGINT powers seek own cyber-bounty hunters Abu Dhabi and Singapore are increasingly positioning themselves in this strategic market. [...]
INDIAUNITED STATES 16/05/2018 Lockheed tries to enter breach between Modi and Putin Narendra Modi's Indian nationalist government is not as close to Russia as the ruling Congress Party before it, turning India into a renewed target for the US defence industry. [...]
FRANCESAUDI ARABIA 02/05/2018 Lawsuit sheds light on ODAS' relationships in Riyadh Sidelined from future Franco-Saudi defence deals, the French military exports agency is being sued by an angry former consultant. [...]
RUSSIAUKRAINE 02/05/2018 Moscow, Kiev security firms make beeline for Africa Russian and Ukrainian private security firms are making move on the international marketplace. Many of them have Africa in their sights. [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 11/04/2018 GAMI, SAMI: the new defence procurement decision-makers Saudi Arabia's new military procurement architecture is gradually getting established. [...]
FRANCE 11/04/2018 Brazzaville and Malabo revive battles for influence in Paris amid coup accusations Facing growing opposition at home, the regimes in Congo and Equatorial Guinea have accused French consultants from stirring up the unrest, a message that their lobbyists in Paris have been loudly conveying. [...]
CHINAUNITED STATESRUSSIA 28/03/2018 Chinese giant CEFC's woes expose Russian partners CEFC, the Chinese partner of Oleg Deripaska's EN+, is under scrutiny in the US. Intelligence Online investigates. [...]
UNITED STATES 28/03/2018 MAG Aerospace, US special forces' ISR favourite MAG Aerospace has emerged as the US intelligence community's go-to ISR subcontractor in crisis zones. [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 14/03/2018 Ichikowitz enters the court of Mbs The well-known South African defence industry figure has managed to get a foot in the door in Riyadh, where he is trying to sell his ISR light aircraft. [...]
UNITED STATESTURKEY 14/03/2018 Erdogan manoeuvres to defuse impact of Halkbank affair Erdogan has hired new lobbyists in Washington as Turkey braces itself for a heavy sentence against the state-run lender. [...]
FRANCE 28/02/2018 Storm clouds gather over French ISR New French intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft are a key component of the next military appropriations bill. But building them is proving to be fraught with problems. [...]
RUSSIA 28/02/2018 Alenkin affair sheds light on AgustaWestland's relationships in Moscow Agent Mikhail Alenkin's mention in the Paradise Papers is damaging for the Italian helicopter builder's relationships in Moscow, which were established with the help of another famous agent, Aaron Frenkel. [...]
UNITED STATESUKRAINE 14/02/2018 Pentagon strengthens ties with Ukrainian defence While the White House is putting on the breaks in Ukraine, the US security and military apparatus, encouraged by Congress, continues to advance its pawns in Kiev. [...]
FRANCECHINA 14/02/2018 Yuan Ding, retired French prime ministers' relay in Shanghai Yuan Ding, the dean of the influential Chinese business school CEIBS, keeps a warm welcome for former French politicians looking for work in Chinese business circles. Intelligence Online investigates. [...]
QATAR 31/01/2018 Barzan Holdings, Doha's mystery defence project, gets off the ground The isolated emirate is poised to launch its own public defence investment fund. [...]
FRANCE 31/01/2018 Defence ministry's air transport woes affect French intelligence world The definitive report on the use of private aircraft companies by the military looks unlikely to resolve the issues affecting French ISR. [...]
UNITED STATES 17/01/2018 Washington and Riyadh proceed with plans to make Morocco an ISR heavyweight The new alignment between Washington, Riyadh and Tel Aviv is poised to take its first concrete steps in Morocco. Financed by Saudi Arabia, the country's air surveillance programme will be provided by the United States using Israeli technology. [...]
TURKEYQATAR 17/01/2018 Akademi Sancak, Ankara's secret move to support Doha Turkey has sent a private security company to assist its ally Qatar. [...]
KAZAKHSTAN 27/12/2017 All but invisible, Utemuratov the center of attention in Astana With a turf war raging in Astana as president Nursultan Nazarbayev's health declines, Kazakh oligarch Bulat Utemuratov reluctantly finds himself very much in the spotlight. [...]
IRAQ 27/12/2017 Abu Dhabi backs Olive in fight for key Baghdad-Amman road With strong backing from Abu Dhabi and Washington, Olive Group finds itself in a tussle for control of the highly strategic road from Baghdad to Amman. [...]
