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Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), the world's largest manufacturer of electric batteries for the automobile industry, announced last week that it

Baku's spymasters are taking action to reinforce the country's cyber defences through a combination of partnerships, targeted hires and managerial

The seasoned French former diplomat Maurice Gourdault-Montagne and public affairs consultant Eric Schell speak regularly on the phone these days,

Israeli intelligence services have, according to our sources, sent out warnings on China's strategy to regain full sovereignty over Taiwan and how it means to implement it. It is understood the Beijing authorities are eying a plan of action inspired

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has no choice but to recruit people with degrees in IT, maths, engineering and STEM.

While offensives and counter-offensives continue on Ukrainian soil, behind the scenes, the foundations are already being laid for a future

David Vigneault, who was re-appointed head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) on 16 June, has been accorded the

Thanks to Germany's Federal Intelligence Service, the BND, making its new home in the city in 2019, and the war

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