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The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Oliver Wyman works for French culture ministry, Richard Dailly leaves Compliancia, Mike Waltz's NSA team defends Hanwha

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

ParisOliver Wyman works on Saudi Arabia for French culture ministry

BangkokRichard Dailly leaves Compliancia shortly after arriving

WashingtonMembers of Mike Waltz's NSA team join Hanwha in Washington as Beijing trade war heats up

The Agencies' Gazette
Paris Club's Madrid meet, fired NSA ace joins CFR, cut in French intel's 2026 budget, China's retrospective scrutiny turns to PLA

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

SpainEuropean spy chiefs hold Madrid get-together

United StatesSacked by NSA, artificial intelligence whiz bounces back at think tank

FranceSpecial funding for intelligence down for 2026 budget

ChinaAfter Rocket Force, retrospective checks for PLA

United States
New US counterintelligence chief faces uncertain future

The poor cousin of the US intelligence community, counterintelligence finds itself at a crossroads, with a new director of limited influence and facing contradictory reform plans.

The Agencies' Gazette
École de Guerre's first Fijian, White House's increased cyber, French sovereignty files scrutinised, US doubts Asian allies

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

FijiFranco-Fijian agreement on display at École de Guerre

United StatesThe White House expands its cyber office

FranceParliament's intelligence watchdog scrutinises sovereignty files

ChinaWashington's doubts regarding its Asian allies

United States
Trump chooses Marco Rubio associate to head financial intelligence

Washington insider Peter Metzger, a former staffer of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, has been nominated to head the Treasury Department's financial intelligence unit. He is expected to adapt the service to fight drug trafficking, without losing sight of China.

Europe
US and Chinese AI earth observation programmes trained thanks to free European data

Google, Microsoft and a Chinese Academy of Sciences laboratory recently presented their respective new tools and services for producing geospatial intelligence data using AI. Their algorithms were mainly trained using European satellite data in free access, a state of affairs the EU authorities do not seem to mind.

Ukraine, United States
From Donetsk to California, Vector is secretly reshaping US drone warfare

Founded by US veterans, American company Vector explores the Ukrainian front to draw on emerging innovations and tactics. Halfway between a start-up, a private military company and a think tank, it brings technology and doctrines back stateside to help shape the US military of tomorrow.