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Rosfinmonitoring, France's GIC, Yellow Sea propaganda, US energy intel

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

RussiaEx-KGB and Rosfinmonitoring's mandate extended

FranceComputer data collection technique boom

ChinaDalian Maritime University ramps up propaganda

USDepartment of Energy's intel boosted

Subscribers only 11.05.2026

Ukraine, United States
Ukrainian military unit turns to Washington for financial backing

Through a little-known foundation, the Ukrainian State Special Transport Service has enlisted the services of a longtime US energy executive with business experience in Ukraine.

Soldiers from units of the Ukrainian State Special Transport Service are reinforcing the front line in the Donetsk region on 20 June 2025.

Deep Dive | China
Disappearances, restructuring and intimidation: China's anti-corruption crackdown is cranked up

The anti-corruption drive launched nearly 15 years ago has entered a new phase: it is now being extended to the intelligence services, with forced resignations, curtailed operations and budgetary cuts.

Subscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 06.05.2026

Xi, the purges and the succession (3/5).

United States
US National Intelligence Council seeks new blood

Faced with a decline in its influence, the US intelligence community's most authoritative analytical arm wants to recruit senior staff to focus on President Donald Trump's priority issues.

Subscribers only Agencies 05.05.2026

The Agencies' Gazette
Intelligence College in Europe, Ex-CIA officer with RFK Jr, anti-Mafia force's new neighbour in Rome, French spies-turned-authors

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

France/GermanyBND official to head Intelligence College in Europe

USFormer CIA officer heads up the Department of Health and Human Services' intelligence unit

Italy/ChinaA discreet DIA branch in uproar over arrival of BYD

FranceDisagreement in parliament over censorship of ex-spies' books

Subscribers only 04.05.2026

France
SGDSN given big budget boost to counter hybrid attacks

France's SGDSN defence and national security secretariat has split the extra funding it has received since September 2025 to combat hybrid threats between its four operators ANSSI, Osiic, GIC and Viginum.

Subscribers only Agencies 28.04.2026

Nicolas Roche, head of France's SGDSN defence and national security secretariat, outside the Grand Hotel during the Bilderberg meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, on 12 June 2025.

Spotlight | European Union, Poland
Polish intelligence to host Europe's spymasters despite inner turmoil

Intelligence coordinators from 17 European countries are to meet next month on the banks of the Vistula. The gathering of the so-called Club de Paris comes with Polish intelligence in the middle of a political crisis.

Subscribers only Agencies, Back-Door Diplomacy 27.04.2026

The next meeting of the ‘Club de Paris’ will take place in Warsaw at the end of May.

United States
How US intelligence is tackling biotechnology challenge

The technologies deployed for the safe and secure industrial use of biological materials are emerging as a priority area for the US intelligence community, which is having to adapt to keep pace with Beijing's rapid progress.

Subscribers only Agencies 24.04.2026

Chris Klomp, a senior official at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in late March described biotechnology as a matter of national security, particularly in relation to China.

China, France, Hong Kong
Multi-awarded French journalist deported from Hong Kong and threatened by Chinese authorities

Antoine Védeilhé was detained on arrival in Hong Kong in November and deported. Since then, he has been the target of an intimidation campaign. France Télévisions, which is due to broadcast his latest investigation piece about Hong Kong in May, has received anonymous threats against all its journalists in China.

Subscribers only Operations 24.04.2026

The French journalist Antoine Védeilhé was arrested on arrival at Hong Kong International Airport on 2 November 2025 and subsequently deported.

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.

Subscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 23.04.2026

France, United Kingdom, United States
French, British and US special forces rise above trans-Atlantic differences in Paris

A discreet dinner brought together leading figures from US, British and French special forces in the rooms of the French Senate on 10 April. A chance to reaffirm their unwavering ties since the Second World War, despite today's political upheavals.

Subscribers only 21.04.2026

Le Petit Luxembourg, the official residence of the President of the Senate, is home to the Salons de Boffrand in Paris.

Spotlight | Europe, France
France's Viginum takes fight against Russian propaganda to Europe's eastern flank

In a bid to fight Russian propaganda, France's foreign disinformation watchdog is deploying its teams across Europe, extending as far as Armenia in the Caucasus. In doing so, the agency is following in the footsteps of its ‘big brother', France's DGSE foreign intelligence service.

Subscribers only Operations, Information Wars 20.04.2026

Iraq, United States
HKN Energy emerges as key US asset in Middle East energy sector

While all eyes are on Iran and the strait of Hormuz, Washington is quietly reorienting its energy policy to Iraq's Kurdistan region. Playing a strategic role in this shift is Texas-based firm HKN Energy, which operates several oil fields in the region and is close to the Trump administration.

Subscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 17.04.2026

HKN Energy founder Ross Perot Jr. at the White House where he and other oil executives were summoned to discuss opportunities in Venezuela, on 9 January 2026.

Spymaster | Brunei
Colonel Haji Mohd Hasreen, Brunei's spymaster forging a place in a challenging region

Cooperation and modernisation: this is the mission of the sultanate of Brunei's head of military intelligence. Faced with hybrid threats and high-stakes at sea, Colonel Haji Mohd Hasreen needs high-tech systems and strong regional partnerships.

Subscribers only Agencies 17.04.2026

The head of the Directorate of Intelligence of the Sultanate of Brunei, Colonel Haji Mohd Hasreen.

Deep Dive | France, Japan, United States
The 'ninjas' at Nintendo, Sega and Sony who hunt down traitors and leaks

The major players in the video game industry use specialised units to track down pirates and traitors. The investigators working for the company that created Mario were exposed by a leak in 2020 and have been dubbed ‘Nintendo ninjas'.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 16.04.2026

Bahrain, United Kingdom
IISS Manama Dialogue preparations under scrutiny after reported tensions

Places and speaking slots for the annual security summit in Bahrain are in high demand. But preparations for this year's event are likely to be under close scrutiny after its organisers reportedly vexed some government partners last year.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 15.04.2026

The opening of the Manama Dialogue conference, organised by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), in Bahrain, on 31 October 2025.

Spotlight | United States
White House blocks appointment of Arctic ambassador

President Donald Trump refuses to use the diplomatic tools provided by Congress to expand US influence in the Arctic region. Meanwhile, the January crisis sparked by his threats to annex Greenland continues to cast a shadow over transatlantic relations in the region.

Subscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 13.04.2026

Maine Senator Angus King (centre left) and Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski (centre right) at a press conference in Nuuk, Greenland, on 9 February 2026.

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The Agencies' Gazette Rosfinmonitoring, France's GIC, Yellow Sea propaganda, US energy intel

RussiaEx-KGB and Rosfinmonitoring's mandate extended

FranceComputer data collection technique boom

ChinaDalian Maritime University ramps up propaganda

USDepartment of Energy's intel boosted

Ukraine, United States Ukrainian military unit turns to Washington for financial backing

Deep Dive | China Disappearances, restructuring and intimidation: China's anti-corruption crackdown is cranked up

United States US National Intelligence Council seeks new blood

The Agencies' Gazette Intelligence College in Europe, Ex-CIA officer with RFK Jr, anti-Mafia force's new neighbour in Rome, French spies-turned-authors

France/GermanyBND official to head Intelligence College in Europe

USFormer CIA officer heads up the Department of Health and Human Services' intelligence unit

Italy/ChinaA discreet DIA branch in uproar over arrival of BYD

FranceDisagreement in parliament over censorship of ex-spies' books

France SGDSN given big budget boost to counter hybrid attacks

Spotlight | European Union, Poland Polish intelligence to host Europe's spymasters despite inner turmoil

United States How US intelligence is tackling biotechnology challenge

China, France, Hong Kong Multi-awarded French journalist deported from Hong Kong and threatened by Chinese authorities

UAE Hedayah consolidates role as major player in UAE diplomacy

France, United Kingdom, United States French, British and US special forces rise above trans-Atlantic differences in Paris

Spotlight | Europe, France France's Viginum takes fight against Russian propaganda to Europe's eastern flank

Iraq, United States HKN Energy emerges as key US asset in Middle East energy sector

Spymaster | Brunei Colonel Haji Mohd Hasreen, Brunei's spymaster forging a place in a challenging region

Deep Dive | France, Japan, United States The 'ninjas' at Nintendo, Sega and Sony who hunt down traitors and leaks

Bahrain, United Kingdom IISS Manama Dialogue preparations under scrutiny after reported tensions

Spotlight | United States White House blocks appointment of Arctic ambassador

The Agencies' Gazette DGSI and Palantir, NSA reshuffle, US base in Micronesia, police-gendarmerie friction in France

FrancePalantir still banned in some DGSI divisions, despite contract renewal

USQuiet reshuffle at head of NSA's military arm

MicronesiaUS lawyer to oversee talks on Yap base expansion

FranceSDAO's rise irks police

Spotlight | China New purges prompt speculation over minister of public security's withdrawal

Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, United States Saudi defence ministry boosts pool of strategic consultants

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