China, North Korea, Russia
Russia and North Korea agree to grant China direct access to North Pacific

The Intelligence Gazette
Russia overtakes China in AI disinformation, still no MPs for French intel oversight college, Paris monitors US rear base in Benin, CCP's sights on Japanese archipelago

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

United StatesRussian AI-generated election interference outweighs China

FranceSome changes to intelligence techniques oversight college but still no MPs

United States/FranceParis keeps watch after renewed US-French cooperation in West Africa

Japan/ChinaCCP backs its interests in East China Sea as far as Okinawa with research

United States
US Marines special forces keen to try out Firestorm Labs' low-cost drones

The US Marine Corps is preparing for possible future wars of attrition in the Pacific. Firestorm Labs' drones offer a number of advantages for the carrying out of this type of war.

China, North Korea, Russia
Beijing lets North Korean workers protest near border to pressure Pyongyang

North Korean workers in China are protesting near the border with North Korea under the watchful eye of China's Ministry of State Security. Kim Jong-un's regime can't do anything to stop the demonstrations, except realign itself to Beijing's interests.

China, North Korea
Intense negotiations under way for Kim Jong-un's visit to Beijing

Before the potential summit meeting between the Chinese and North Korean leaders at the end of this year, Chinese delegations are due to visit Pyongyang. Drawing on their common support for Russia in its war with Ukraine, the two want to put the improvement in their relations on an official footing.

China, Russia
Russian and Chinese coast guards draw closer in North Pacific

Moscow and Beijing are coordinating their North Pacific border security efforts, and in doing so are stoking the flames of Russia and Japan's unresolved dispute over the four Kuril Islands.