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The Biden administration has struggled to chart a clear course on Syria (IO, 31/05/21) and the latest National Defense Authorization

Vladimir Putin carried out a partial reshuffle of Russia's national council for strategic development and national projects on 13 December,

Western private security companies, whose services are much in need in Afghanistan by international donors, are anxious to find a

It is clear from the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC)'s annual report published on 10 December that the parliamentary unit led by Conservative MP Julian Lewis is fed up. Although the ISC supports the National Security and Investment Bill passed

The call by US lawmakers on 15 December to renew sanctions on Israeli cyber firms NSO Group and Candiru has

As proof of the rise in power of Kazakh businessman Oleg Novachuk, the latter had a long one-on-one meeting with

Until President Emmanuel Macron, now in campaign mode, picks a replacement, France's financial intelligence service Tracfin is being run by

Despite the current tensions with Moscow (IO, 29/11/21), the military industry in Ukraine is booming: from modernising its army (IO,

Rumours are rife around Turkey's reported decision to reappoint an ambassador to Tel Aviv after a three-year hiatus and the

On a visit to Tehran on 6 December, the Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Faisal al-Moqdad (IO, 14/12/21) reaffirmed, alongside Iranian President Ebrahim Raïssi, the strategic nature of two allies' economic cooperation - recently underlined by the Iranian

The @Hack cybersecurity conference in Riyadh on 28-30 November marked Saudi Arabia's ongoing bid to be more influential in Gulf

Gazprom's acquisition - via the insurer Sogaz (IO, 19/12/18) - of a majority stake in MF Technologies, the company that

Determined to hold on to his Sulaymaniya power base, Lahur Sheikh Jangi Talabani had no qualms about parading publicly in the

As part of Kazakhstan's efforts to find buyers for several hundred state-owned companies, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met a panel of

Despite backing from the West, the Kyiv government is still struggling to organise the leadership for the "cyber troops" it created in late August (IO, 03/09/21). The shape of this future command will largely depend on the choice of its

As is indicated in a contract published on 6 December, British defence group BAE Systems is to help the Defence

After he learned that Azerbaijan had signed a new gas swap agreement with its Caspian Sea neighbours, Turkmenistan and Iran,

According to our sources, strikes by the Saudi Air Force on the Al Dailami air base close to Saana Airport

Denmark's foreign ministry published a notice on 23 November to say it had asked the US company Synergy International Systems

EN+'s chairman Gregory Barker, Lord Barker of Battle and former Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, has the aluminium group's selection for the United Nations Energy Compacts initiative to celebrate but he cannot ignore the troubles facing its