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Macron the spymaster, part 3.
Macron the spymaster, part 3. © Stéphane Oiry

Spotlight | Macron the spymaster
The Elysée turns focus to China

Macron the spymaster, part 3: France's youngest ever president, Emmanuel Macron, is also the one who has shown the greatest appetite for intelligence. In the third episode of this series, Intelligence Online looks back at French services' increasing focus on China since Macron came to power in 2017.
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China
Propaganda Department reopens its doors to foreign-trained Chinese

Li Shulei, Head of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee and He Lifeng, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China at the Third Session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) of China in Beijing, China, 11 March 2025.
Li Shulei, Head of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee and He Lifeng, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China at the Third Session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) of China in Beijing, China, 11 March 2025. © Jessica Lee/EPA/MaxPPP

In a bid to strengthen this key unit for the Chinese Communist Party, the government is authorising recruitment of young people who have studied abroad, particularly in the West. The idea is to have troops with a better understanding of target cultures.
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A Trump flag on a boat from where people watch SpaceX's Starship take off from the Starbase launch site near Boca Chica, Texas, on 6 March 2025.
A Trump flag on a boat from where people watch SpaceX's Starship take off from the Starbase launch site near Boca Chica, Texas, on 6 March 2025. © Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP

Spotlight | United States
US geospatial intelligence reeling from decline in key scientific expertise

A sharp fall in research funding for disciplines used in geospatial intelligence is having a severe impact on the intelligence community and its ties to US universities. Academics face challenges of their own as they grapple with the Trump administration's new scientific orientations.
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The Intelligence Gazette
French prison intelligence, Washington strengthens stance on Beijing, Secrecy at Pakistan's Paris embassy, Death penalty for Chinese officer, DGSE

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

FranceNew director for prison intelligence service

United StatesWhite House reinforces stance on China

FranceThe Pakistan embassy in Paris employee who knew too much

ChinaHigh-ranking PLA officer sentenced to death for spying for the US

FranceDGSE combat swimmers' ammunition bunker to grow
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Saudi Binladin Group headquarters in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, on 9 May 2018.
Saudi Binladin Group headquarters in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, on 9 May 2018. © Katie Paul/Reuters

Saudi Arabia
Inside Saudi Binladin Group's secret restructuring

The kingdom's ailing construction firm Saudi Binladin Group has chosen to resolve its creditor claims outside the courts rather than go through Riyadh's insolvency procedures. Saudi Finance Ministry, SBL's minority shareholder, has been overseeing a mediation process instead, drawing criticism from lawyers in the region.
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Moldova's President Maia Sandu, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, USAID administrator Samantha Power and Scott Nathan, CEO of US International Development Finance Corporation, take part in the USAID Democracy Delivers Event during the 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 20, 2022.
Moldova's President Maia Sandu, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, USAID administrator Samantha Power and Scott Nathan, CEO of US International Development Finance Corporation, take part in the USAID Democracy Delivers Event during the 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 20, 2022. © David Dee Delgado/Pool/AFP

United States
Pentagon's soft power holds strong in ex-USSR countries despite Trump purge

Donald Trump and Elon Musk are hunting down "waste" in US agencies providing support to former Soviet republics keen to break away from Moscow's influence. Meanwhile, the State Department and Pentagon continue to support a highly sensitive programme.
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Consultant Alain Bauer was convicted on 5 March of favouritism and handling stolen goods.
Consultant Alain Bauer was convicted on 5 March of favouritism and handling stolen goods. © Alexandre Marchi/PhotoPQR/L'Est Républicain/MaxPPP

France, Saudi Arabia
Caisse des Dépôts/Alain Bauer case rocks Franco-Saudi business

A key leader in Franco-Saudi investments was sentenced in early March, along with the star defendants of the Caisse des Dépôts favouritism case. Intelligence Online understands that the Saudi sovereign wealth fund PIF had quietly anticipated the situation.
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Aselan's ‘Steel Dome’ (çelik kubbe) project was presented to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Saha Expo trade fair in Istanbul in October 2024.
Aselan's ‘Steel Dome’ (çelik kubbe) project was presented to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Saha Expo trade fair in Istanbul in October 2024. © Directorate of Communications of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkiye

Spotlight | Saudi Arabia, Turkey
Turkey in lead to build Neom's 'Steel Dome'

Riyadh's plans to build an anti-aircraft defence system for its giant desert project are likely to be handed to Turkey's Aselsan, which beat its rival European missile manufacturer MBDA to the job.
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