Atlantic Council

UAE
Hedayah consolidates role as major player in UAE diplomacy

Based in the United Arab Emirates and presented as a multilateral advisory centre for countering extremism, Hedayah is consolidating its position as a key player in the country's major diplomatic strategies.

Spotlight | United States
Ex-CIA political scientist David Shullman appointed as US intel community's chief China analyst

The new National Intelligence Officer for China has a hybrid profile, combining intelligence work and academic research. He also has a background in think tanks of various political hues, a valuable asset in this period of political uncertainty.

Ukraine, United States
The US Center for European Policy Analysis, a key interface for Polish, Ukrainian and US defence networks

Based in Washington, the think-tank promotes closer transatlantic ties, but most of all provides vital defence contacts for Kyiv and Warsaw.

Africa, Ukraine
Special forces veterans seek French partners for private security fight against Wagner

Private security company Executive Risk System recently moved its offices to the UK and is prioritising the fight against the Russian paramilitary group alongside Ukrainian forces.

Spotlight | Australia, China
China's Guoanbu keeps control in case of Australian spy who almost got away

Intelligence Online looks at the case of former Chinese spy Yang Hengjun who sought refuge in Australia before being arrested by Beijing and given a suspended death sentence - confirming that a new passport offers no protection for Chinese nationals accused of treason.

Central Asia, United States
Caspian Policy Center quietly backs Central Asian governments, in particular Azerbaijan

A self-described independent think tank, the CPC serves as an unofficial lobbying organisation for the region's rulers. The group's staff and board members include former senior US officials involved in national security and foreign policy.

China, United States
Yuan Yi Kun, strategist for Guoanbu's new US approach

Under the supervision of Yuan Yi Kun, a former researcher at the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, the Ministry of State Security wants to take advantage of what it perceives as a moment of weakness in the United States.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Victoria Intelligence, Beth Sizeland goes private, CohnReznick shops at Exiger

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we head to Essex, London and New York.

EssexRachael Spanton, from safety at BP to private consulting

LondonBoris Johnson's ex-deputy national security adviser heads to private sector

New YorkCohnReznick lands Exiger's construction monitoring practice

Russia, Ukraine, United States
Free Russia Foundation, a shadowy Washington group at the heart of a network of anti-Russia activism

Working in tandem with a largely invisible sister entity, the Foundation seeks to pave the way for a "post-Putin" era and opposes Russia's war in Ukraine. Citing security, the group keeps its grantees confidential.

Spotlight | Europe, United States
NATO's operational plans on Vilnius summit agenda

Along with the highly political subjects to be addressed at the Vilnius summit starting tomorrow, behind the scenes, NATO will also be poring over new drafts of its regional crisis plans whose general outline has already been agreed by the alliance's military wing.

China, Taiwan, United States
State Security wary of Rhodium Group's China research

The week of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's 18 June visit to China, tensions between the two countries' services are as high as ever. Intelligence Online has learned that the mere idea of a report on China published by the geopolitical analysis Rhodium Group has kept Beijing's State Security ministry busy for weeks.

Spotlight | United States
FBI alerted of Russian oil trader Niels Troost's secret US business interests

Troost has largely gone underground since being named in news reports as a key energy broker for Russia. He denies charges of sanctions busting or any illegal activities, but recently cancelled a trip to New York, according to a source.