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China
€255,000 salary, free schooling... China's new campaign to attract world's top researchers

The call for applicants by the Global Excellent Scientists Fund 2025, a programme in Wuhan, goes beyond academia. It is part of a national Chinese strategy to strengthen its scientific and technological autonomy.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 25.06.2025

United States
US intelligence boss picks new chief of staff from fold of close Elon Musk associates

In addition to his experience at the CIA, Tulsi Gabbard's new top aide also worked for the investment fund of multi-billionaire Antonio Gracias, who has joined Elon Musk's DOGE.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 30.05.2025

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard sits next to Elon Musk, senior advisor to the president, at a Cabinet meeting at the White House on 10 April 2025 in Washington, DC.

France
Russian disinformation: Paris on the trail of a group of investigators close to Washington

A French report on a Russian disinformation operation dubbed Storm-1516 draws in part on investigations conducted by an anonymous account, whose publications stopped abruptly after Elon Musk's DOGE purged USAID.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 13.05.2025

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Former Atos exec in the Balkans, Delubac, Burson Middle East, Barbican Advisory

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

LondonFormer Atos vice-president connects British tech, Elon Musk and Serbia

ParisDelubac, the ‘complex contracts' bank, launches own magazine

RiyadhSurprise exit at Burson Middle East, Riyadh's favourite comms group

SingaporeFormer Blackpeak director joins Barbican Advisory

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 07.05.2025

Spotlight | United States
Tulsi Gabbard's weapon to reshape the intelligence community

The Director's Initiatives Group task force focused on transparency and effectiveness is a powerful tool enabling the US head of intelligence to be able to make sweeping changes to the intelligence community's culture and organisation.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 06.05.2025

The Director of US National Intelligence (DNI), Tulsi Gabbard.

Spymaster | Vatican
In papacy race, Zuppi and Parolin favoured by spies

Global tensions are waging in on the election of the next pope in a way not seen since the Cold War. Two popular candidates for Pope Francis's succession are particularly well versed in the world of intelligence.

Free access Government Intelligence 02.05.2025

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi (left) and Cardinal Pietro Parolin (right).

China, Malaysia
China's digital Silk Road networks behind Malaysia 5G rollout

China is charting its digital Silk Road in Malaysia via the king, business representatives and local officials, taking advantage of the trust crisis caused by Donald Trump's tariffs.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 02.05.2025

Spotlight | United States
On Capitol Hill, hints of the future of US intelligence, from streamlining to the return of counterterrorism

The White House spies (4/4). On the twentieth anniversary of the creation of the post of US Director of National Intelligence, Intelligence Online looks back over how this prestigious role has evolved. The series' fourth and final instalment examines the prospects for change, through the plans of lawmakers responsible for parliamentary oversight.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 25.04.2025

The Intelligence Gazette
Ex-US intel chief denounces purges, OFAST recruits in Marseille, China boosts Taiwan office, Frontex boss visits Paris

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

United StatesDonald Trump's ex-counter-espionage chief raises alarm over Elon Musk's purges

FranceAnti-drug office recruits in Marseille after agents prosecuted

ChinaTrusted recruits sought for Taiwan Affairs Office

FranceFrontex boss to visit Paris

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 21.04.2025

United States
Storms on the horizon for Pentagon's satellite weather forecasters

Military New Space in the Trump era - part 1: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's publication in mid-March of a pre-soliciations notice for commercial satellite environmental data does not make the outlook any brighter for private US players in the sector.

Subscribers only Surveillance & Interception 15.04.2025

United States
Pentagon's soft power holds strong in ex-USSR countries despite Trump purge

Donald Trump and Elon Musk are hunting down "waste" in US agencies providing support to former Soviet republics keen to break away from Moscow's influence. Meanwhile, the State Department and Pentagon continue to support a highly sensitive programme.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 31.03.2025

Moldova's President Maia Sandu, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, USAID administrator Samantha Power and Scott Nathan, CEO of US International Development Finance Corporation, take part in the USAID Democracy Delivers Event during the 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 20, 2022.

Spotlight | Europe, United States
CIA sends placatory mission to Europe

As Europe strives to adapt to Donald Trump's about-turns, the US foreign intelligence agency has sent some of its officers on a tour of European capitals to strengthen ties with their counterparts while their chiefs hold parallel meetings.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 19.03.2025

CIA Director John Ratcliffe (L) and US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on 4 March 2025.

Spotlight | United States
CIA reshuffle also shakes up communication practices

Under John Ratcliffe, the US foreign intelligence agency has taken to communicating much more directly in line with the White House, breaking with the US intelligence community's traditional tight-lipped approach.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 05.03.2025

CIA director John Ratcliffe during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on 26 February 2025.

France, Saudi Arabia, UAE
France seeking Gulf money at AI summit

With the great and the good from the world of artificial intelligence heading to Paris for a high-profile summit that begins Monday, President Emmanuel Macron is also engaged in corporate diplomacy as he seeks to obtain Gulf funding for French AI projects.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 07.02.2025

French President Emmanuel Macron is looking to attract funds from the Gulf for France's artificial intelligence projects.

Spotlight | United States
Marco Rubio's new State Department tool to fight disinformation unveiled

At the start of a presidency in which his room for manoeuvre looks set to be limited, Donald Trump's former political rival Marco Rubio will be able to rely on counter-propaganda to put his stamp on US foreign policy, particularly with regard to Beijing.

Free access Government Intelligence 20.01.2025

The new US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

United States
Planet Labs worried about Trump administration's geospatial intelligence plans

The new Trump administration is set to bring change to the geospatial intelligence sector, with backing from Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency. Planet Labs already has reason to be concerned.

Subscribers only Surveillance & Interception 20.01.2025

Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of SpaceX Starship rocket on 19 November 2024 in Brownsville, Texas.

UAE, United States
US spy satellite leaders hope for looser export rules under Trump

US Earth observation satellite manufacturers are lobbying the outgoing Biden administration to loosen the export licence regime in the sector, having already begun to lose ground in key markets to Chinese and European competitors.

Subscribers only Surveillance & Interception 18.12.2024

Spotlight | United States
Trump team to overhaul Washington's anti-disinformation system

After exposing the threats hanging over the State Department's office for combating disinformation, the Global Engagement Center, Intelligence Online can now reveal the drastic reorganisation faced by the body that the Republican party so despises.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 04.12.2024

The dismantling of the Global Engagement Center (GEC) would give the future head of US diplomacy, Marco Rubio, here with Donald Trump, considerable room for manoeuvre.

The Intelligence Gazette
DNI hires Elon Musk buddies, Chinese think tank and censorship, DGSE applicants not up to scratch

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

United States Republican PR guru Juleanna Glover picks out intelligence consultants

ChinaThink tanks raise tone against internet censorship

FranceExternal intelligence agency underwhelmed by applicants for Russian and Arabic roles

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 02.12.2024

China, Oman
How China reasserted its influence on Muscat's emerging space sector

The November launch of the Omani-made OL-1 mapping satellite has been heralded as the Sultanate's first contribution to the field of space technology. But the company behind it is headed by a Chinese executive who previously led a Belt and Road project in the country.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 28.11.2024

The Lijian-1 Y5 commercial rocket carrying Oman's OL-1 satellite during lift-off, 11 November 2024.

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

China, Europe Chinese influence and interference in Western Europe

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

Ukraine Jamming wars

Central America, China, South America Beijing on the offensive in Washington's spheres of influence

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

Elon Musk

China €255,000 salary, free schooling... China's new campaign to attract world's top researchers

United States US intelligence boss picks new chief of staff from fold of close Elon Musk associates

France Russian disinformation: Paris on the trail of a group of investigators close to Washington

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice Former Atos exec in the Balkans, Delubac, Burson Middle East, Barbican Advisory

LondonFormer Atos vice-president connects British tech, Elon Musk and Serbia

ParisDelubac, the ‘complex contracts' bank, launches own magazine

RiyadhSurprise exit at Burson Middle East, Riyadh's favourite comms group

SingaporeFormer Blackpeak director joins Barbican Advisory

Spotlight | United States Tulsi Gabbard's weapon to reshape the intelligence community

Spymaster | Vatican In papacy race, Zuppi and Parolin favoured by spies

China, Malaysia China's digital Silk Road networks behind Malaysia 5G rollout

Spotlight | United States On Capitol Hill, hints of the future of US intelligence, from streamlining to the return of counterterrorism

The Intelligence Gazette Ex-US intel chief denounces purges, OFAST recruits in Marseille, China boosts Taiwan office, Frontex boss visits Paris

United StatesDonald Trump's ex-counter-espionage chief raises alarm over Elon Musk's purges

FranceAnti-drug office recruits in Marseille after agents prosecuted

ChinaTrusted recruits sought for Taiwan Affairs Office

FranceFrontex boss to visit Paris

United States Storms on the horizon for Pentagon's satellite weather forecasters

United States Pentagon's soft power holds strong in ex-USSR countries despite Trump purge

Spotlight | Europe, United States CIA sends placatory mission to Europe

Spotlight | United States CIA reshuffle also shakes up communication practices

France, Saudi Arabia, UAE France seeking Gulf money at AI summit

Spotlight | United States Marco Rubio's new State Department tool to fight disinformation unveiled

United States Planet Labs worried about Trump administration's geospatial intelligence plans

UAE, United States US spy satellite leaders hope for looser export rules under Trump

Spotlight | United States Trump team to overhaul Washington's anti-disinformation system

The Intelligence Gazette DNI hires Elon Musk buddies, Chinese think tank and censorship, DGSE applicants not up to scratch

United States Republican PR guru Juleanna Glover picks out intelligence consultants

ChinaThink tanks raise tone against internet censorship

FranceExternal intelligence agency underwhelmed by applicants for Russian and Arabic roles

China, Oman How China reasserted its influence on Muscat's emerging space sector

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The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

China, Europe
Chinese influence and interference in Western Europe

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

Ukraine
Jamming wars

Central America, China, South America
Beijing on the offensive in Washington's spheres of influence

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