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Spotlight | Azerbaijan, Europe, France, Kazakhstan
Usmanov delisted, Latvia's nuclear status confirmed, a pardon: France's intense diplomatic bartering revealed

A fierce diplomatic battle waged by Paris behind the scenes has resulted in the pardon of the French citizen imprisoned in Baku and the lifting of sanctions against Russian-Uzbek businessman Alisher Usmanov. But France's intense lobbying has created divisions and revealed posturing at the heart of the EU, and also within French diplomacy.

LogoSubscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 23.09.2026
French President Emmanuel Macron walks past (L-R), Bosnia and Herzegovina's chairman of the Presidency Zeljko Komsic, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker at the European Political Community Summit in Copenhagen, on 2 October 2025.

Spotlight | Mauritius, United Kingdom
Maldives funds lobbying effort to disrupt UK's draft Diego Garcia deal

Disclosures show a London lobbying firm is being paid by the Attorney General's Office of the Republic of Maldives to increase awareness of the Maldives's claim to the Chagos Archipelago. The territory, holding a UK-US military base, was almost ceded to Mauritius last year before objections by President Donald Trump scuttled the deal.

LogoSubscribers only Corporate Intel, Back-Door Diplomacy 22.09.2026
King Charles III of the United Kingdom with the President of the Maldives, Mohamed Muizzi, at Windsor, on 17 July 2025.

Australia, China
Australian PM's Chinese interpreter under scrutiny for sensitive ties with China

The Australian prime minister's Chinese translator's ties are causing a stir. Charles Qin has collaborated with a university from which the Guoanbu recruits and has indirect links to United Front officials. Questions are now being asked in Canberra about tightening security clearances, and potentially creating a corps of official diplomatic interpreters.

LogoSubscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 17.09.2026
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Chinese President Xi Jinping, on 15 July 2025 in Beijing.

Spotlight, Deep Dive | United Kingdom
MI6: Blaise Metreweli's unbridled quest for intelligence alliances to counter US unreliability

Since becoming head of MI6 last year, the athletic Blaise Metreweli has embarked on a marathon trek in search of partnerships to reduce UK dependence on US data. While some within the security establishment may have long dreamt of foregoing the Five Eyes, the goal is now to focus on drawing as many countries as possible into the technical alliance to "dilute" the data-collection power of the US alone.

LogoSubscribers only Agencies 16.09.2026
Part 2 London’s great challenge (2/3).

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