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The BRI (Brigades de Recherche et d'Intervention) are one of the French judicial police’s investigation and intervention units. It is the best-known and oldest among the brigade attached to the Paris Police Prefecture and is part of the anticommando brigade of the national police force.

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Spy Way of Life | Thailand, United States
At Bangkok's Athenee Hotel, US seeks to sell drones to regional partners

Across the globe, spies love to gather in inconspicuous dens to meet contacts and hold discreet conversations. This week, Intelligence Online explores the Athenee Hotel, where the Indo-Pacific Irregular Warfare Symposium took place amid a US military-diplomatic charm offensive in Bangkok.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 05.09.2025

France
French interior ministry set for new police, intel appointments

France's interior ministry is making several strategic appointments within the police and domestic intelligence. Intelligence Online reveals the details of this game of musical chairs.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 02.09.2025

Saudi Arabia
Former French PM Raffarin guest-star at Saudi-China business forum

The French government's current representative for China put in a surprise appearance at a workshop bringing together Saudi and Chinese businessmen and diplomats.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 25.02.2025

Former French PM Jean-Pierre Raffarin took part in the third Saudi-Chinese Entrepreneurship Workshop in Riyadh on 24 February.

Spotlight | Afghanistan, China
Bumpy road for Beijing's security negotiations with Taliban

With attacks on Chinese interests on the rise, Beijing is using economic pressure to demand the Afghan government improve security. But Taliban Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani does not appear to be complying.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 11.02.2025

Afghan Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani meets Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Zhao Xing in early January 2025.

China
Guoanbu pushing Chinese diplomacy within Paris-based international organisations

The Chinese Communist Party wants to strengthen Beijing's position within international organisations, with the support of the Ministry of State Security. The Paris-based OECD and UNESCO are in particular being targeted.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 08.01.2025

Workers restoring the roof of the wooden Wan'an Bridge in Fujian Province, China, on 29 November 2023. In December 2024, UNESCO added China's traditional practice of building wooden arch bridges to its intangible cultural heritage list.

The Intelligence Gazette
Russia using Hawala payments, Vietnam's new Paris defence attaché, ISC renewal, Silk Roads into Europe, Kremlin/Vatican's parallel diplomacy

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

Russia/UKRussian embassy uses Hawala payments to dodge sanctions

Vietnam/France Hanoi appoints new defence attaché to Paris embassy

United KingdomNew Westminster intelligence committee crew take over

ChinaSecond New Silk Road phase turns towards Europe

Vatican/RussiaKremlin sends back-channel message it is open to Christmas ceasefire

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 16.12.2024

China
Xi Jinping dreams of a global private security network to protect Chinese interests

The Chinese Communist Party and the Guoanbu are considering reforming the network of Chinese private security companies abroad by giving them new objectives and priorities, starting with Africa.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 06.12.2024

Chinese President Xi Jinping in Brasilia, Brazil, on 20 November 2024.

France, Pakistan
From Lahore to French rural villages, a curious Franco-Pakistani business network is taking shape

An intriguing Franco-Pakistani business club is being set up between Lahore and Allier in provincical France, bringing together ex-French diplomats, business intelligence firms and Pakistani tycoons. Intelligence Online can reveal the beginnings of a big Pakistani commercial offensive in France and Europe, with potential defence contracts to come.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 20.11.2024

The Sovereign Club was co-founded by former diplomat André de Bussy.

China, Pakistan
Beijing demands Islamabad favour army over police for protection of Chinese interests

In a bid to stem the escalation of violence against both the Chinese diaspora and Beijing's other interests in Pakistan, the Chinese ministry of state security urged Islamabad to involve the Pakistani army in their protection.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 15.11.2024

Pakistani paramilitary soldiers in front of a factory in Karachi where, according to the police, two Chinese nationals were shot, 5 November 2024.

China
The future of the New Silk Roads, part 3: Beijing plans to make its money the new king of currencies

Intelligence Online has seen a number of CCP draft papers on the future of the New Silk Roads policy. Several avenues are being explored, including decoupling the economy from the West and internationalising the yuan.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 23.10.2024

China
The future of the New Silk Roads, part 2: CCP prepares industrialisation plan

With the support of private companies and the Chinese diaspora, the Chinese Communist Party is identifying the industries and countries it wants to focus on for the next stage of the New Silk Roads project.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 16.10.2024

China
The future of the New Silk Roads, part 1: the Chinese Communist Party and the US counter-narrative

Intelligence Online has seen the documents behind the CCP's thinking on the New Silk Roads' future in the medium and long term, providing insight into Xi Jinping's strategy for his ‘project of the century' launched in 2013 and which continues to adapt to bilateral relations with Western countries.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 11.10.2024

China's President Xi Jinping in San Francisco, California, on 15 November 2023.

China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
Central Asian rail megaproject set to further China's mining and security objectives

A much postponed rail project to link China to Turkey via Central Asia is taking form. For Beijing, it will open the way to lucrative new mining activities and enable it to consolidate the influence of the Silk Road "militias".

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 02.10.2024

China, Italy
Meloni's new business plans with Beijing

Despite having left the Silk Roads initiative, Italy's prime minister is to fly to Beijing at the end of July in a bid to attract Chinese investment, notably in the electric car sector, even as the EU is trying to limit the spread of Chinese EVs on the continent.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 18.07.2024

Spotlight | United States
State Department rethinks US security strategy in the Black Sea

Washington plans to focus on the fight against Russian influence in the information and economic spheres in the Black Sea, a region which has experienced major upheavals since the war on Ukraine.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 02.07.2024

Romanian Foreign Minister Luminita Odobescu and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington on 21 June 2024.

China, Malaysia, Singapore
Malaysia's monarch battles with Chinese groups for control of strategic rail links to Johor Bahru

Intelligence Online can reveal that the highly strategic rail project through Kuala Lumpur towards Singapore is the subject of intense competition between the King of Malaysia and Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative. Both have economic interest in the scheme.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 21.06.2024

King of Malaysia and Sultan of Johor, Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar.

China, Serbia
Beijing leads BRICS long march to Europe

Serbia potentially joining the BRICS could allow Chinese President Xi Jinping to return to the bloc's original enlargement plan, focused on Europe rather than the Middle East.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 26.04.2024

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on 25 April 2019.

China, Italy
After Italy's exit from Belt and Road Initiative, Meloni hopes to renew ties with Xi

After much hesitation, the Italian prime minister has decided to meet the Chinese president in Beijing. At stake is a three-year trade agreement currently being negotiated.

Free access Government Intelligence 17.04.2024

China, Hungary
CCP takes BRI a step further with Global Security Initiative

China has asked some countries with which it enjoys strong bilateral relations to subscribe to Xi Jinping's vision of world order, as laid out in his Global Security Initiative. It is a new China-centric geopolitical viewpoint that goes further than Beijing's Belt & Road Initiative goals.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 04.04.2024

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Spy Way of Life | Thailand, United States At Bangkok's Athenee Hotel, US seeks to sell drones to regional partners

France French interior ministry set for new police, intel appointments

Saudi Arabia Former French PM Raffarin guest-star at Saudi-China business forum

Spotlight | Afghanistan, China Bumpy road for Beijing's security negotiations with Taliban

China Guoanbu pushing Chinese diplomacy within Paris-based international organisations

The Intelligence Gazette Russia using Hawala payments, Vietnam's new Paris defence attaché, ISC renewal, Silk Roads into Europe, Kremlin/Vatican's parallel diplomacy

Russia/UKRussian embassy uses Hawala payments to dodge sanctions

Vietnam/France Hanoi appoints new defence attaché to Paris embassy

United KingdomNew Westminster intelligence committee crew take over

ChinaSecond New Silk Road phase turns towards Europe

Vatican/RussiaKremlin sends back-channel message it is open to Christmas ceasefire

China Xi Jinping dreams of a global private security network to protect Chinese interests

France, Pakistan From Lahore to French rural villages, a curious Franco-Pakistani business network is taking shape

China, Pakistan Beijing demands Islamabad favour army over police for protection of Chinese interests

China The future of the New Silk Roads, part 3: Beijing plans to make its money the new king of currencies

China The future of the New Silk Roads, part 2: CCP prepares industrialisation plan

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China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan Central Asian rail megaproject set to further China's mining and security objectives

China, Italy Meloni's new business plans with Beijing

Spotlight | United States State Department rethinks US security strategy in the Black Sea

China, Malaysia, Singapore Malaysia's monarch battles with Chinese groups for control of strategic rail links to Johor Bahru

China, Serbia Beijing leads BRICS long march to Europe

China, Italy After Italy's exit from Belt and Road Initiative, Meloni hopes to renew ties with Xi

China, Hungary CCP takes BRI a step further with Global Security Initiative

The Intelligence Gazette DGSE drama, career officer for Leningrad, Italy-China dialogue

FranceDGSE, DGSI and DRM reshuffle drama in parliament recounted

RussiaSukhrab Akhmedov firm favourite to head new Leningrad military district

Italy/ChinaAfter Silk Roads exit, time for strategic dialogue

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China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States
The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

Ukraine
Jamming wars

China, Europe
Chinese influence and interference in Western Europe

France
Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

Europe, Russia
Chechen separatism, the anti-Putin trump card

Insiders | China
Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar
Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

Spy Way of Life | Thailand, United States
At Bangkok's Athenee Hotel, US seeks to sell drones to regional partners

France
French interior ministry set for new police, intel appointments

Saudi Arabia
Former French PM Raffarin guest-star at Saudi-China business forum

Spotlight | Afghanistan, China
Bumpy road for Beijing's security negotiations with Taliban

China
Guoanbu pushing Chinese diplomacy within Paris-based international organisations

The Intelligence Gazette
Russia using Hawala payments, Vietnam's new Paris defence attaché, ISC renewal, Silk Roads into Europe, Kremlin/Vatican's parallel diplomacy

China
Xi Jinping dreams of a global private security network to protect Chinese interests

France, Pakistan
From Lahore to French rural villages, a curious Franco-Pakistani business network is taking shape

China, Pakistan
Beijing demands Islamabad favour army over police for protection of Chinese interests

China
The future of the New Silk Roads, part 3: Beijing plans to make its money the new king of currencies

China
The future of the New Silk Roads, part 2: CCP prepares industrialisation plan

China
The future of the New Silk Roads, part 1: the Chinese Communist Party and the US counter-narrative

China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
Central Asian rail megaproject set to further China's mining and security objectives

China, Italy
Meloni's new business plans with Beijing

Spotlight | United States
State Department rethinks US security strategy in the Black Sea

China, Malaysia, Singapore
Malaysia's monarch battles with Chinese groups for control of strategic rail links to Johor Bahru

China, Serbia
Beijing leads BRICS long march to Europe

China, Italy
After Italy's exit from Belt and Road Initiative, Meloni hopes to renew ties with Xi

China, Hungary
CCP takes BRI a step further with Global Security Initiative

The Intelligence Gazette
DGSE drama, career officer for Leningrad, Italy-China dialogue