Diplomacy

Europe, Ukraine
The network securing the European External Action Service in Kyiv

The European External Action Service has chosen to renew its contract with its existing private security supplier.

Cambodia
US launches charm offensive as Cambodia prepares for handover of power

The US is counting on the political transition in Cambodia to regain influence in a country that is increasingly China-orientated. Under Prime Minister Hun Sen, the government is defensively tightening control over information.

China, Taiwan, United States
China-US trial of strength has enabled KMT to gain ground in Taiwan

Having got former Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou to play the role of mediator, the Chinese Communist Party now has a free hand to resume its influence operations on the island.

France, NATO
French senate elections to shake up NATO Parliamentary Assembly presidency

September's elections for members of the upper house of France's parliament will have a knock-on effect at the top of the Atlantic Alliance's forum for MPs.

United States
US State Department scores new point against ODNI in fight against state-sponsored fake news

The US Congress is increasingly pushing the State Department to take the lead in the fight against information manipulation with the creation of a task force to tackle fake news produced by using AI.

The Agencies' Gazette
Yulia Shoigu, Akhmed Zakayev, NGA drops analogue imaging, NATO, Bernard Emié

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

Moscow Defence minister puts daughter in charge of veteran aid fund

Kyiv Akhmed Zakayev's Chechen armed wing gets its baptism of fire

Springfield Final curtain for analogue imagery

Brussels NATO looks for help on Russia analysis

France DGSE director, diplomat Bernard Emié, opts for state administror status

Japan, NATO
Japan is looking for ways of getting closer to NATO without a Tokyo liaison office

Japan's desire for stronger links with NATO has prompted Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to start lobbying for Japan to have a bureau at NATO headquarters in Brussels.

Poland, Ukraine, United States
New York lifestyle PR firm handles Polish government's strategic campaigning in the US

New York's AMWPR, a lifestyle PR firm, has lifted the lid on its missions for the Polish government.

Moldova, Russia, United States
Businessman Aleksandr Okulov charged with helping Moscow evade sanctions wants to convince Washington of his innocence

The Moldovan-Russian businessman the US government claims is close to the oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev, founder of far-right movements across Europe, plans to enlist a lawyer who backs "Russian pro-democracy activists" and worked at the US Embassy in Moscow.

The Agencies' Gazette
Defence intelligence, Eurocorps headed by Pole, US adviser in Tbilisi, and Irsem under investigation

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from London to Paris, via Warsaw and Tbilisi.

United KingdomMilitary intelligence soon to be included in Tri-Agency's China initiative

Europe/PolandWarsaw takes up residence at Eurocorps in Strasbourg

US/GeorgiaA new US adviser in Tbilisi

FranceStrife and internal investigation at defence ministry think tank Irsem

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.

Cambodia
Cambodia's pre-election manoeuvres pit pro-Vietnam camp against pro-China politicians

Cambodia's upcoming general elections will be decisive in determining the future diplomatic balance of power in the country between China, which dominates, and Vietnam.

Europe
Sanctions war: EU in a quandary over the use of frozen Russian State assets

The plan to deduct interest generated by the Russian Central Bank's fixed assets and use it to support Ukraine's reconstruction has provoked a battle in Brussels that has involved press leaks and a string of meetings behind closed doors.