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China, United States
Beijing's spies and diplomats split on how to handle Trump

Ahead of the APEC summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, where Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are set to shake hands, China's foreign ministry is calling for compromise, contrasting with the Ministry of State Security's hard line approach.

Subscribers only Asia-Pacific 21.10.2025

President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during the G20 leaders' summit in Osaka, Japan, on 29 June 2019.

Spotlight | Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
The Saudi prince at the heart of Riyadh and Islamabad's technical intelligence cooperation

Former Saudi regional governor Mansour bin Mohammed bin Saad Al Saud is establishing himself as the kingdom's political and commercial interface with Pakistan. His knowledge of the Pakistani business ecosystem, particularly in cyber and intelligence technologies, and his ties to the discreet subcontractors of Pakistan's most powerful intelligence service, make him particularly well-suited.

Subscribers only Middle-East & Africa 16.10.2025

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meet in Riyadh on 17 September 2025.

Spymaster | South Korea
Lee Jong-seok, the academic driving South Korea's new security shift

The new spy chief's appointment signals more than a mere change of leadership. The former unification minister is the embodiment of President Lee Jae-myung's new foreign policy goals to keep channels open with China and North Korea while maintaining a balance with the United States.

Subscribers only Asia-Pacific 10.10.2025

The director of South Korea's National Intelligence Service, Lee Jong-seok.

United States
US OSINT reform takes shape

A bipartisan consensus is emerging in the US house of representatives to enhance the effectiveness of OSINT across the intelligence community, including by making the acquisition of data from private brokers more efficient.

Subscribers only Americas 26.09.2025

Spymaster | India
Parag Jain, the new head of Indian intelligence confronts Pakistan, China tensions

Secret operations, technological warfare, and regional rivalries... The new head of foreign intelligence is striving to make India a formidable player in the shadow war between Islamabad, Beijing, and the West.

Subscribers only Asia-Pacific 26.09.2025

Middle East, United States
Absence of US vessels in Red Sea leaves Trump loyalists ruing cost of Operation Rough Rider

Despite Donald Trump's assurance that Yemeni Houthis would "not be blowing up ships anymore" in the wake of US airstrikes costing the government around $1bn, shipping data shows barely any US-affiliated vessels have returned to the region.

Subscribers only Americas 25.09.2025

The Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Eternity, operated by a Greek company, sinks after being attacked by the Houthis in the Red Sea on Wednesday, 9 July 2025.

Georgia
Oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili tightens control of Georgian intelligence

The recent appointment of Mamouka Mdinaradzé to head Georgia's National Security Service bears the hallmarks of oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili. Beyond imposing one of his loyalists in a key government position, the country's de facto ruler is sending a signal by reorganising his inner circle.

Subscribers only Europe-Russia 22.09.2025

Georgian oligarch and founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili, gives a speech during a gathering at the party's headquarters, in Tbilisi, 26 October 2024.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
No pay from Al-Ula, Ankura's asset tracing reboot, Litigation Capital Management verdict

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

RiyadhThe Royal Commission for Al-Ula doesn't pay

Sydney/DubaiDispute funder Litigation Capital Management to discover its fate in Dubai money laundering trail

LondonAnkura restarts asset tracing practice

Subscribers only 10.09.2025

Deep Dive | China
Xi loyalists also caught up in China military restructuring

Xi Jinping's military purges, part 3/5 – With a new wave of purges targeting factions close to the president, Intelligence Online has conducted a months-long investigation into the vast anti-corruption campaign sweeping the country's military.

Subscribers only Asia-Pacific 03.09.2025

France, United States
French start-up Alta Ares crosses American threshold by joining US Army exercise

The US military conducted a secret large-scale exercise over the summer to train in drone warfare. Only one European company was invited to participate, Alta Ares, a French start-up specialised in onboard artificial intelligence.

Subscribers only Americas 01.09.2025

Alta Ares technologies deployed during the Northern Strike 2025 exercise held in August in Michigan, United States.

Deep Dive | China
People's Liberation Army faces debilitating purges

Xi Jinping's military purges, part 1/5 – With a new wave of purges targeting factions close to the president, Intelligence Online has conducted a months-long investigation into the vast anti-corruption campaign sweeping the country's military.

Free access Asia-Pacific 01.09.2025

Xi Jinping and the Great Purge of the People's Liberation Army.

Norway, Ukraine
Norway plays lead role in Ukrainian intelligence raids in Black Sea

GUR units on jet skis are stealthily infiltrating Crimea and Moscow-controlled offshore platforms. These secret maritime operations, which have become the trademark of Ukrainian forces, bear the discreet stamp of Norwegian commandos.

Subscribers only Europe-Russia 22.08.2025

Spotlight | United States
From the CIA to the White House, the striking rise of John Ratcliffe

The CIA's indispensable John Ratcliffe (1/2): The former Texas congressman is overshadowing Donald Trump's intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard. The political skill of the agency's head also serves to highlight the missteps of many of his colleagues.

Subscribers only Americas 19.08.2025

CIA Director John Ratcliffe, 25 March 2025. In the background, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard.

Netherlands, Ukraine
Hyllus Systems, the discreet Dutch start-up supplying Ukraine's Azov brigade with drones

Dutch start-up Hyllus Systems is currently delivering its tethered drones to Ukraine's third Azov assault brigade. Tested at the Killhouse Academy and deployed in frontline hot spot Pokrovsk, the devices can fly through Russian jamming.

Subscribers only Europe-Russia 17.07.2025

An operator from the third Azov assault brigade holds a Hyllus Systems fibre-optic drone.

Mexico
SkyFend, discreet Chinese provider of anti-drone tech to Mexican cartels

In the heart of Durango state, Mexican special forces have seized a complete SkyFend arsenal, used to jam the military's tactical drones. This unprecedented seizure has revealed a clandestine network linking Shenzhen, Panama and the Sinaloa Cartel.

Subscribers only Americas 02.07.2025

Photos taken from social networks used by the Sinaloa Cartel.

Ukraine, United States
E-300 drone's success in Ukraine draws interest of US special forces

The E-300 Enterprise drone has proven its autonomous capacity with strikes on Russian industrial sites more than 2,500km distant. Its manufacturer, Ukraine's AeroDrone, is setting up a subsidiary in the United States, where special operations circles have taken great interest.

Subscribers only Americas 01.07.2025

The E-300 Enterprise drone produced by Ukrainian company AeroDrone.

Spotlight | China
Xi Jinping weakened: a political transition soon underway?

Chinese President Xi Jinping appears to be stronger than ever politically but recent signals, particularly relating to his health, have reignited a debate over his succession. The leader may step down from one of his three roles as early as this summer, according to sources close to Beijing.

Subscribers only Asia-Pacific 23.06.2025

Chinese President Xi Jinping on 8 May 2025 in Moscow.

Spotlight | China, France
French judge suspends deportation of Chinese entrepreneur for 'operating secret police station'

A Paris court has suspended the deportation of a businessman working in France's fashion industry. The DGSI domestic intelligence agency suspects him of operating a secret Chinese police station from within a Fujian business association.

Subscribers only Asia-Pacific 18.06.2025

French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau.

France
French lawmakers pin hopes on intelligence bill after top court slaps down drug trafficking measures

The rejection by France's constitutional court of articles in a law to combat drug trafficking has prompted senators to work on an intelligence bill that could incorporate the struck-down provisions.

Subscribers only Europe-Russia 18.06.2025

The chairman of the Senate Defence Committee and member of the Parliamentary Delegation for Intelligence Cédric Perrin.

Spotlight | China, France
The mysterious loss of an Airbus satellite sold to Azerbaijan

The secret antenna, Airbus and China 2/2 - Just weeks after France detected a Chinese intelligence operation near its critical space sites, an Airbus satellite suddenly stopped working. The theory being favoured by the French military implicates Beijing.

Subscribers only Asia-Pacific 12.06.2025

The SPOT-7 satellite manufactured by Airbus and sold to Azerbaijan hasn't worked since 17 March 2023.

China, United States
Beijing's spies and diplomats split on how to handle Trump

Spotlight | Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
The Saudi prince at the heart of Riyadh and Islamabad's technical intelligence cooperation

Spymaster | South Korea
Lee Jong-seok, the academic driving South Korea's new security shift

United States
US OSINT reform takes shape

Spymaster | India
Parag Jain, the new head of Indian intelligence confronts Pakistan, China tensions

Middle East, United States
Absence of US vessels in Red Sea leaves Trump loyalists ruing cost of Operation Rough Rider

Georgia
Oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili tightens control of Georgian intelligence

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
No pay from Al-Ula, Ankura's asset tracing reboot, Litigation Capital Management verdict

RiyadhThe Royal Commission for Al-Ula doesn't pay

Sydney/DubaiDispute funder Litigation Capital Management to discover its fate in Dubai money laundering trail

LondonAnkura restarts asset tracing practice

Deep Dive | China
Xi loyalists also caught up in China military restructuring

France, United States
French start-up Alta Ares crosses American threshold by joining US Army exercise

Deep Dive | China
People's Liberation Army faces debilitating purges

Norway, Ukraine
Norway plays lead role in Ukrainian intelligence raids in Black Sea

Spotlight | United States
From the CIA to the White House, the striking rise of John Ratcliffe

Netherlands, Ukraine
Hyllus Systems, the discreet Dutch start-up supplying Ukraine's Azov brigade with drones

Mexico
SkyFend, discreet Chinese provider of anti-drone tech to Mexican cartels

Ukraine, United States
E-300 drone's success in Ukraine draws interest of US special forces

Spotlight | China
Xi Jinping weakened: a political transition soon underway?

Spotlight | China, France
French judge suspends deportation of Chinese entrepreneur for 'operating secret police station'

France
French lawmakers pin hopes on intelligence bill after top court slaps down drug trafficking measures

Spotlight | China, France
The mysterious loss of an Airbus satellite sold to Azerbaijan

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China, United States Beijing's spies and diplomats split on how to handle Trump

Spotlight | Pakistan, Saudi Arabia The Saudi prince at the heart of Riyadh and Islamabad's technical intelligence cooperation

Spymaster | South Korea Lee Jong-seok, the academic driving South Korea's new security shift

United States US OSINT reform takes shape

Spymaster | India Parag Jain, the new head of Indian intelligence confronts Pakistan, China tensions

Middle East, United States Absence of US vessels in Red Sea leaves Trump loyalists ruing cost of Operation Rough Rider

Georgia Oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili tightens control of Georgian intelligence

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette No pay from Al-Ula, Ankura's asset tracing reboot, Litigation Capital Management verdict

RiyadhThe Royal Commission for Al-Ula doesn't pay

Sydney/DubaiDispute funder Litigation Capital Management to discover its fate in Dubai money laundering trail

LondonAnkura restarts asset tracing practice

Deep Dive | China Xi loyalists also caught up in China military restructuring

France, United States French start-up Alta Ares crosses American threshold by joining US Army exercise

Deep Dive | China People's Liberation Army faces debilitating purges

Norway, Ukraine Norway plays lead role in Ukrainian intelligence raids in Black Sea

Spotlight | United States From the CIA to the White House, the striking rise of John Ratcliffe

Netherlands, Ukraine Hyllus Systems, the discreet Dutch start-up supplying Ukraine's Azov brigade with drones

Mexico SkyFend, discreet Chinese provider of anti-drone tech to Mexican cartels

Ukraine, United States E-300 drone's success in Ukraine draws interest of US special forces

Spotlight | China Xi Jinping weakened: a political transition soon underway?

Spotlight | China, France French judge suspends deportation of Chinese entrepreneur for 'operating secret police station'

France French lawmakers pin hopes on intelligence bill after top court slaps down drug trafficking measures

Spotlight | China, France The mysterious loss of an Airbus satellite sold to Azerbaijan

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China, United States
Beijing's spies and diplomats split on how to handle Trump

Spotlight | Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
The Saudi prince at the heart of Riyadh and Islamabad's technical intelligence cooperation

Spymaster | South Korea
Lee Jong-seok, the academic driving South Korea's new security shift

United States
US OSINT reform takes shape

Spymaster | India
Parag Jain, the new head of Indian intelligence confronts Pakistan, China tensions

Middle East, United States
Absence of US vessels in Red Sea leaves Trump loyalists ruing cost of Operation Rough Rider

Georgia
Oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili tightens control of Georgian intelligence

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
No pay from Al-Ula, Ankura's asset tracing reboot, Litigation Capital Management verdict

Deep Dive | China
Xi loyalists also caught up in China military restructuring

France, United States
French start-up Alta Ares crosses American threshold by joining US Army exercise

Deep Dive | China
People's Liberation Army faces debilitating purges

Norway, Ukraine
Norway plays lead role in Ukrainian intelligence raids in Black Sea

Spotlight | United States
From the CIA to the White House, the striking rise of John Ratcliffe

Netherlands, Ukraine
Hyllus Systems, the discreet Dutch start-up supplying Ukraine's Azov brigade with drones

Mexico
SkyFend, discreet Chinese provider of anti-drone tech to Mexican cartels

Ukraine, United States
E-300 drone's success in Ukraine draws interest of US special forces

Spotlight | China
Xi Jinping weakened: a political transition soon underway?

Spotlight | China, France
French judge suspends deportation of Chinese entrepreneur for 'operating secret police station'

France
French lawmakers pin hopes on intelligence bill after top court slaps down drug trafficking measures

Spotlight | China, France
The mysterious loss of an Airbus satellite sold to Azerbaijan