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France
French cyber partners Roussely and Taleb continue to grow their empire

French cyber veterans Bernard Roussely and Alexandre Taleb are quietly building themselves a small empire in France, Lebanon and Switzerland via the firms Euler Technology Solutions and Beware Cyberlabs.

Subscribers only Surveillance & Interception 19.01.2022

Europe, Ukraine
Armenian-US entrepreneur Ashot Hovanesian helps EU weigh in on Ukraine's anti-corruption drive

His family business Synergy International Systems appears as one of the linchpins of the EU Anti-Corruption Initiative (EUACI) for stamping out corruption in Ukraine.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 16.12.2021

Synergy International Systems founder Ashot Hovanesian

Germany
German security sector tries its hand at asymmetric private security

Still at an early development stage, the German security and risk management market is currently fizzing following the creation of Solitaire Advisory by the former head of the pioneering Result Group.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 04.11.2021

United Kingdom
Satellite Applications Catapult also boosts Britain's satellite intelligence industry

The Satellite Applications Catapult, which supports Britain's space industry and promotes innovation, communicates mostly about its projects which support civilian applications of satellite technology. But it also backs the development of space technologies useful for intelligence collection.

Subscribers only Surveillance & Interception 29.10.2021

Spotlight | Iraq, Lebanon
How Iraq Telecom won its first bout against Bazarni operator in Beirut

By ruling in favour of Orange and Agility, owners of Iraq Telecom, in their conflict against the Intercontinental Bank of Lebanon, the Beirut arbitration court has sealed the defeat of Sirwan Barzani's operator Korek, which found itself caught up in an alleged fraudulent loan.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 13.10.2021

Ukraine
Zelensky's former PR Yulia Mendel makes television comeback

After the programmes she worked for on went off air, Yulia Mendel, once press secretary to the Ukrainian president, has returned to television with a political programme produced by the oligarch Rinat Akhmetov. But her career as a communications consultant is far from over.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 24.09.2021

Journalist and communications advisor Iulia Mendel.

Europe, Ukraine
Mikheil Saakashvili champions Kiev's goals in Strasbourg

Keen to defend his record as Kiev's top reformer, former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili brought up the Ukrainian cause at the European Parliament, notably with Polish MEP Anna Fotyga, who is an expert on NATO networking with strong credentials on Georgia.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 23.09.2021

Former president of Georgia Mikheïl Saakachvili.

Spotlight | United States
World Bank takes on new anticorruption investigators

The institution's latest report on combating fraud and corruption is due to be published in October. Internally, it began taking steps to crack down harder earlier this year.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 22.09.2021

Germany, Ukraine
Maxim Chkil, the businessman opening roads between Berlin and Kyiv

Despite the controversy surrounding the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, Kiev and Berlin are cooperating at full speed in the area of road and rail transport. All this has been to the benefit of a Ukrainian businessman, Maxim Chkil, and his German business partners.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 10.09.2021

Spotlight | Afghanistan
Armed security companies prepare for the start of a new era in Kabul

Along with Iraq, Afghanistan has been an eldorado for armed security companies over the last 20 years. With the departure of American troops on 30 August, that market suddenly dried up. This does not mean, however, that the country will no longer need armed security companies.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 08.09.2021

United States
Data analytics firm Thresher to testify before US-China commission

The company, led by former US intelligence officer Rebecca Fair, develops tools that monitors how Chinese authorities manipulate content.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 07.09.2021

Spotlight | Israel
Cyber firm Rayzone makes defensive shift as Toka gets offensive

Israeli offensive cybersecurity firm Rayzone is promoting its Rayzsecurity division, which builds cyberdefence systems for governments, just as the market leader Toka is getting into cyberintelligence.

Subscribers only Surveillance & Interception 02.09.2021

Spotlight | Egypt, France
France's Vicat tangles with Egypt's military by filing for arbitration

The cement company Vicat claims it has unfairly lost out in Egypt due to the Egyptian military taking increasing control of the construction industry. With Paris unable to help, Vicat has turned to the World Bank's arbitration court.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 27.07.2021

China, Ukraine, United States
Kyiv's highways lead to both US and China

Ukraine, which enjoys political and security-related support from the US, occasionally turns to rival China for help in some areas. The new infrastructure minister Olexander Kubrakov is among those involved in the balancing act.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 21.07.2021

Israel
Toka partnership takes Commugen into government cybermarket

Toka, an Israeli consulting company specialising in the development of governments' cyber capacities, has set up a partnership with cyber risk management company Commugen. Its new partner is headed by a close associate of former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak, who himself was in a senior management position at Toka until just a few months ago.

Subscribers only Surveillance & Interception 15.07.2021

Ukraine, United States
Army of US consultants weigh in on Ukrainian privatisations

The Ukrainian government is poised to sell off everything from distilleries to electricity plants in a major privitisation drive, with the help of Western-trained experts.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 09.07.2021

Iraq, United Kingdom
Adam Smith International roped in to help with Peshmerga reform

Adam Smith International has won a contract from the British foreign ministry to help the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to implement "priority reforms" mainly regarding the security forces.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 02.07.2021

United Kingdom
Business diplomacy firm Gatehouse advises World Bank investment entity

Former British diplomats Jeremy Greenstock and David Manning's firm is working for PIDG, the investment firm part funded by the World Bank.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 01.06.2021

Georgia, United States
Jeffrey Liebert crowned USAID's financier in Tbilisi

USAID has entrusted a major new Eurasian investment programme to fund manager Jeffrey Liebert as part of US moves to counter Chinese and Russian influence in the region.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 26.05.2021

Jeffrey Liebert, CEO of the fund management company Gazelle Finance.

Russia, United Kingdom
Dmitry Kirpichenko, asset manager and consultant between London and Moscow

Dmitry Kirpichenko, who has been working as a broker in London for nearly 20 years, has been pursuing a parallel career in Moscow. There, he is able to call on the services of former executives from Russian IT giant Armada, as well as those of his former contacts at RosBusiness Consulting.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 20.05.2021

China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States
The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

France
Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

Ukraine
Jamming wars

Armenia, Azerbaijan, France
Information wars in the Caucasus

Israel
Israeli cyber bounces back after NSO woes

Insiders | China
Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar
Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

World Bank

France
French cyber partners Roussely and Taleb continue to grow their empire

Europe, Ukraine
Armenian-US entrepreneur Ashot Hovanesian helps EU weigh in on Ukraine's anti-corruption drive

Germany
German security sector tries its hand at asymmetric private security

United Kingdom
Satellite Applications Catapult also boosts Britain's satellite intelligence industry

Spotlight | Iraq, Lebanon
How Iraq Telecom won its first bout against Bazarni operator in Beirut

Ukraine
Zelensky's former PR Yulia Mendel makes television comeback

Europe, Ukraine
Mikheil Saakashvili champions Kiev's goals in Strasbourg

Spotlight | United States
World Bank takes on new anticorruption investigators

Germany, Ukraine
Maxim Chkil, the businessman opening roads between Berlin and Kyiv

Spotlight | Afghanistan
Armed security companies prepare for the start of a new era in Kabul

United States
Data analytics firm Thresher to testify before US-China commission

Spotlight | Israel
Cyber firm Rayzone makes defensive shift as Toka gets offensive

Spotlight | Egypt, France
France's Vicat tangles with Egypt's military by filing for arbitration

China, Ukraine, United States
Kyiv's highways lead to both US and China

Israel
Toka partnership takes Commugen into government cybermarket

Ukraine, United States
Army of US consultants weigh in on Ukrainian privatisations

Iraq, United Kingdom
Adam Smith International roped in to help with Peshmerga reform

United Kingdom
Business diplomacy firm Gatehouse advises World Bank investment entity

Georgia, United States
Jeffrey Liebert crowned USAID's financier in Tbilisi

Russia, United Kingdom
Dmitry Kirpichenko, asset manager and consultant between London and Moscow

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China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

France Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

Ukraine Jamming wars

Armenia, Azerbaijan, France Information wars in the Caucasus

Israel Israeli cyber bounces back after NSO woes

Insiders | China Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

World Bank

France French cyber partners Roussely and Taleb continue to grow their empire

Europe, Ukraine Armenian-US entrepreneur Ashot Hovanesian helps EU weigh in on Ukraine's anti-corruption drive

Germany German security sector tries its hand at asymmetric private security

United Kingdom Satellite Applications Catapult also boosts Britain's satellite intelligence industry

Spotlight | Iraq, Lebanon How Iraq Telecom won its first bout against Bazarni operator in Beirut

Ukraine Zelensky's former PR Yulia Mendel makes television comeback

Europe, Ukraine Mikheil Saakashvili champions Kiev's goals in Strasbourg

Spotlight | United States World Bank takes on new anticorruption investigators

Germany, Ukraine Maxim Chkil, the businessman opening roads between Berlin and Kyiv

Spotlight | Afghanistan Armed security companies prepare for the start of a new era in Kabul

United States Data analytics firm Thresher to testify before US-China commission

Spotlight | Israel Cyber firm Rayzone makes defensive shift as Toka gets offensive

Spotlight | Egypt, France France's Vicat tangles with Egypt's military by filing for arbitration

China, Ukraine, United States Kyiv's highways lead to both US and China

Israel Toka partnership takes Commugen into government cybermarket

Ukraine, United States Army of US consultants weigh in on Ukrainian privatisations

Iraq, United Kingdom Adam Smith International roped in to help with Peshmerga reform

United Kingdom Business diplomacy firm Gatehouse advises World Bank investment entity

Georgia, United States Jeffrey Liebert crowned USAID's financier in Tbilisi

Russia, United Kingdom Dmitry Kirpichenko, asset manager and consultant between London and Moscow

Refine your search

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China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States
The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

France
Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

Ukraine
Jamming wars

Armenia, Azerbaijan, France
Information wars in the Caucasus

Israel
Israeli cyber bounces back after NSO woes

Insiders | China
Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar
Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

France
French cyber partners Roussely and Taleb continue to grow their empire

Europe, Ukraine
Armenian-US entrepreneur Ashot Hovanesian helps EU weigh in on Ukraine's anti-corruption drive

Germany
German security sector tries its hand at asymmetric private security

United Kingdom
Satellite Applications Catapult also boosts Britain's satellite intelligence industry

Spotlight | Iraq, Lebanon
How Iraq Telecom won its first bout against Bazarni operator in Beirut

Ukraine
Zelensky's former PR Yulia Mendel makes television comeback

Europe, Ukraine
Mikheil Saakashvili champions Kiev's goals in Strasbourg

Spotlight | United States
World Bank takes on new anticorruption investigators

Germany, Ukraine
Maxim Chkil, the businessman opening roads between Berlin and Kyiv

Spotlight | Afghanistan
Armed security companies prepare for the start of a new era in Kabul

United States
Data analytics firm Thresher to testify before US-China commission

Spotlight | Israel
Cyber firm Rayzone makes defensive shift as Toka gets offensive

Spotlight | Egypt, France
France's Vicat tangles with Egypt's military by filing for arbitration

China, Ukraine, United States
Kyiv's highways lead to both US and China

Israel
Toka partnership takes Commugen into government cybermarket

Ukraine, United States
Army of US consultants weigh in on Ukrainian privatisations

Iraq, United Kingdom
Adam Smith International roped in to help with Peshmerga reform

United Kingdom
Business diplomacy firm Gatehouse advises World Bank investment entity

Georgia, United States
Jeffrey Liebert crowned USAID's financier in Tbilisi

Russia, United Kingdom
Dmitry Kirpichenko, asset manager and consultant between London and Moscow