All articles - Armenia

The Agencies' Gazette
French magistrate in Beijing, Laotian spy students in Hanoi, DHS seeks counterterrorism chief, Armenian SNB's new head, Bastille day in Moscow

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

FranceLiaison magistrate returns to Beijing embassy

Vietnam/LaosDG2 training Laotian spy students

United StatesDHS counterterrorism chief joins private sector

ArmeniaInternal security deputy promoted to service head

RussiaA special guest at the French Embassy's 14 July celebrations

Hytera, Hikvision and Dahua: Armenia stocks up on Chinese telecoms and surveillance tools

Yerevan is trying to distance itself from Moscow by moving closer to Europe and the United States. But when it comes to telecommunications and surveillance, the main beneficiary of this shift turns out to be Beijing.

Caucasus rail projects under strain from Armenia-Azerbaijan security tensions

Uncertainty over the proposed peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan and the resulting instability is putting pressure on a French company's railway projects in the Caucasus.

Armenia innovates in all directions to anticipate the next drone war

Electronic warfare, drones, data fusion software: overcoming Yerevan's weaknesses in previous conflicts in Nagorno-Karabakh is the priority of Defense Minister Suren Papikyan.

French defence eyes Armenian developer Addevice's AI language tools

France is interested in the instant translation tools developed by a small company in Yerevan, Armenia, that already has French business connections.

Armenian government and opposition compete for friends and influence in Westminster

As well as running its own media campaigns, the Armenian government is keeping watch on its political opponents as they wage their international influence campaign. In London, the Armenian embassy and an opposition group are competing for British MPs' support.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
GMTL, Consors Intelligence, US-Armenian probe, Hakluyt staff losses, finance corruption crackdown in China

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

LondonGordon Rainey joins GMTL

ParisConsors Intelligence picks Marc Martinez as new GM

Washington/YerevanEx-Armenian finance minister's family under DoJ probe hires help

London Hakluyt's cyber specialists exodus

BeijingHas the crackdown on corruption in the finance sector run its course?

With Moran Global Strategies, Armenian opposition hopes to build ties with US intelligence

The US lobbyist, which has been contracted by Armenian opposition group National Democratic Alliance, has already built strong connections to US security networks in Congress for its other clients, especially Qatar and Ukraine.

Security consultants flock to help Kyiv, Yerevan and Chisinau aim for NATO and EU membership

Ukraine, Armenia and Moldova have been seeking outside expertise on making their defence sectors more interoperable with NATO structures and to get up to speed with the workings of the European Union, creating rich pickings for a host of external consultancies.

The Tech Telegraph
EU's 'Going Dark' report, Addevice moves into security, Michael Weigand leaves Shift5

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

BrusselsEU police data access report pushes for cooperation with messaging platforms over intrusion

YerevanAddevice plugs its tech to security firms

WashingtonShift5 co-founder Michael Weigand quits

Sanctuary Counsel chosen to put Yerevan in contact with British defence companies

The Armenian government, which is looking for lobbyists and communications consultants in the West, has hired the services of a veteran British defence industry adviser.

Former NATO secretary-general lobbying for Yerevan

Ex-NATO secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen penned an op-ed in support of Armenia in Le Monde on 4 April, but his article failed to mention that his firm has lobbied for Yerevan since last year.

Ghosts of the American private military company Mozart Group haunt Yerevan

The name of the private security company, wound up a year ago, has come up again in Armenia. Its senior executives are far away, however, trying to settle their differences before the US courts.

Erevan moves to reinforce its cyber defences

Armenia wants to develop its response capacities after having been recently targeted by numerous cyber intelligence operations. A draft bill on the topic is being debated in parliament.