National Security

The Tech Times
Craig Jones post Interpol, Ex-NSC at OpenAI, Hard Cat deploys naval drone

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

LondonEx-head of Interpol's anti-cybercrime ops Jones's busy new life

WashingtonOpenAI recruits NSC spokeswoman to counter Chinese influence in UAE

KyivHard Cat deploys Black Widow drone against Russian ships

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".

The Intelligence Gazette
Guoanbu v James Olson, Kyiv in space, White House's new European affairs director, MIT take two at Turkish foreign ministry

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

United States/ChinaChinese spymaster and ex-CIA counter-espionage director still at loggerheads

France/UkraineKyiv envoy talks space defence in Paris

United StatesNational Security Council picks new director for European affairs

TurkeyHakan Fidan takes new steps towards transforming foreign ministry into intel centre

China
Tuoersi group leads Beijing's public opinion monitoring effort

China's Guangzhou Tuoersi Big Data group is developing its natural language processing capacity with the aim of improving its automatic public opinion monitoring system.

France
France's armed forces think-tank IRSEM in a muddle over new director

The selection of a new director for France's military think-tank the Institute for Strategic Research is turning into something of a farce after dragging on for almost a year. A China specialist had been chosen, but the armed forces minister would like to see his own candidate appointed.

The Intelligence Gazette
Telegram aids Turkey's MIT, Liddell to UK intel fund, NSC's new India chief, ex-SA head back to DGSE

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

TurkeyTelegram helps out MIT

USNew India specialist at rapidly emptying out NSC

UKBritish intelligence fund strengthens team

FranceReturn to DGSE for former Service Action head

Ukraine, United States
The US Center for European Policy Analysis, a key interface for Polish, Ukrainian and US defence networks

Based in Washington, the think-tank promotes closer transatlantic ties, but most of all provides vital defence contacts for Kyiv and Warsaw.

Bangladesh
Post-revolution purge worries Bangladeshi cyber intel contractors

After the fall of prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh's new interim government is seeking to clean up its cyber-intelligence contracts, in particular to find out who was indirectly involved in repressing the protests that led to regime change.