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With the war in Ukraine now in its sixth month, life is becoming increasingly difficult for journalists in Moscow, whether

The cyber-oriented world of secret intelligence is gradually being drawn into the "metaverse" by a private sector that is already deeply invested in such virtual spaces, backed by heavy marketing. Yet far from the image portrayed by the 2018 Steven

First to raise awareness among the American public, then to support financial contributions made by Washington, and lastly to dampen

Viginum, an agency tasked with combating foreign information manipulation, celebrated its first birthday on 12 July in its premises in

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has become more influential than ever within the Turkish defence industry, is completing the process of

The investigations market, once a niche where the names of operators were discreetly exchanged between financiers and lawyers, is experiencing an unprecedented boom. It has been driven by asset tracing and litigation support in recent years - and both these

The European Values Center for Security Policy (EVCSP), which is headed by Jakub Janda, brought a delegation from the Taiwan

France's current chief of the defence staff, Thierry Burkhard, is not a fan of the special forces, something he shows

In the six months since the invasion of Ukraine, Russian oligarchs have settled on their communications strategies. Dmitry Rybolovlev has

In recent weeks the US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has toughened its sanctions regulations, introducing stricter disclosure requirements and harder penalties for those not complying with the restrictions. At the start of July the bureau

So-called bug bounty firms such as YesWeHack and Yogosha of France (IO, 03/02/22) are strengthening their presence in the Gulf, in particular in Dubai.

Chinese lithium giant Ganfeng Lithium's $962m acquisition of Lithea, a subsidiary of Canada's LSC Lithium Corp, on 12 July crowns

Sources in Washington and London told Intelligence Online that the new structure of the Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE) could transform France's position among Western intelligence services.The biggest step forward where these two major allies are concerned was the decision

On the agenda of the inaugural meeting between the head of Israel's internal security organisation Shin Bet (IO, 14/04/22), Ronen

After the four years of the Trump administration's erratic handling of Chinese-US relations, President Joe Biden's teams are trying to

Alexander Lukashenko on 13 June announced with great fanfare the forthcoming reform of his country's unique intelligence agency, the KGB.

The state-owned Turkish telecommunications company Turk Telekom's interceptions development arm Argela has been operating without a director since Bulent Kaytaz's

SNC ICT, formerly Systems Networks Company Limited (SNC), the local partner of BAE Systems in Saudi Arabia, stands to benefit

While Brussels claims it is offering Tbilisi a European "perspective", despite refusing it European Union (EU) candidate status (IO, 13/06/22),

The shock waves of Lars Findsen's suspension as head of Denmark's external and military intelligence service, the Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste (FE),