On @Intstrategist's Radar...
A selection of recent finds found during 27 April - 4 May 2025
‘Intelligence’ = ‘Understanding’ + ‘Influence’. // Rationale: There is plenty of ‘chatter’ relating to contemporary developments. Drawing on 'Intelligence Engineering' (IE) - www.intstrategist.com/intelligence-engineering-book - this Substack 'post' provides a distilled and curated series of quickly scrollable headlines that especially relate to 'intelligence' topics and further offer: (i) informed insight as to where we are presently; and (ii), at least beginning, foresight into future directions that are opening up. Feedback, discussion & debate is welcomed. //
Source headlines listed as follows:
Pete Hegseth orders Army chief to review acquisition program | The Hill
Press Freedom Is Being Buried but How Many Really Know or Care? | Inter Press Service
Russian losses near record highs, says UK intelligence | via MSN
Trust in AI | Global insights 2025 - KPMG Australia
Trump's plans for CIA revealed as White House sets eyes on intelligence agencies in huge shake-up | via MSN
Trump’s Moscow Pivot Leaves Tehran on Edge - ICDS (Estonia)
Vatican: In papacy race, Zuppi and Parolin favoured by spies | Intelligence Online
Son of senior CIA official dies ‘fighting for Russia’ in Ukraine | intelNews.org
The Digital Divide Meets the Quantum Divide | Just Security
Anduril Drones: AI-Powered Air Systems Shaping Drone Warfare - Business Insider
Vladimir Putin: Intelligence suggests Russian leader’s immediate goals for Ukraine war may have shifted | CNN Politics
Terror Attack Could Mean a Pakistan-India War Is Coming - 19FortyFive
How the India-Pakistan Crisis Could Spiral | TIME
Trump administration plans to cut thousands of employees at spy agencies | NBC
Google Threat Intelligence: 75 Zero-Days Exploited in 2024, Majority Linked to Spyware - CPO Magazine
Uyghur activists condemn Harvard over training for sanctioned China group – Radio Free Asia
In era of great power competition, U.S. Special Operations Forces to play key role - Washington Times
US criticizes Germany for labeling AfD 'extremist' – DW – 05/03/2025
FBI: This is how China uses AI in attack chains • The Register
The AfD is a right-wing extremist group, German intelligence agency says – POLITICO
The Fall of Assad’s Regime Shakes Iran’s Proxy Network Across the Middle East | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University
Palantir’s Intelligence-Gathering Truck Rated a Winner by Army - Bloomberg
North Korea confirms the open secret of its troop deployment to Russia – Radio Free Asia
France accuses Russian intelligence of repeated cyber attacks since 2021 | Reuters
Major Cyber Attacks in Review: March 2025 - SOCRadar® Cyber Intelligence Inc.
Ex-NSA cyber boss: AI will soon be a great exploit dev • The Register
Philippines arrests Chinese man for operating surveillance device near voting agency – Radio Free Asia
‘These people are disposable’: how Russia is using online recruits for a campaign of sabotage in Europe | Russia | The Guardian
Will Germany's far-right AfD party be banned? – DW – 05/02/2025
SWJ Interview with Dr. Steve Tatham: Will an AI-centric Social Media Take Us Further and Quicker Towards the 1984 Society? | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University
The future of AI in cybersecurity in a word – optimistic • The Register
Pakistan claims 'credible intelligence' India is planning an imminent military strike | BBC News
Not so risky after all: bilateral consequences of compromised intelligence operations | The Strategist (Australia)
How Ukraine disrupted Russia's intelligence-led invasion - Major General reveals | via MSN
The Disappeared: Mexico’s Industrial-Scale Human Rights Crisis | Inter Press Service
How China and North Korea Are Industrializing Zero-Days | Govinfosecurity.com
Senate Republicans question Pete Hegseth's future with Mike Waltz out | The Hill
UN rights chief warns AI and censorship pose new threats to press freedom - JURIST
Visa wants to give artificial intelligence 'agents' your credit card | AP News
Transparency for minerals is essential. No one can go it alone. | Just Security
Ukrainian sea drone downs Russian fighter jet in 'world-first' strike, intelligence says | Kyiv Independent
Pakistan’s Balochistan Crisis and India’s Defensive Offense | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University
UK military given intelligence on Chinese space weapons | The Daily Telegraph (UK)
Bridging the gap and path to real-time intelligence: Advancing aerial ISR through acquisition, innovation | Article | The United States Army