‘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:
UK sanctions senior Russian intelligence officers over cyberattacks | News | Al Jazeera
The Risks Artificial Intelligence Poses for the Global South | Inter Press Service
Intelligence Wars, Their Warriors, and Legal Ambiguity – Part I: Wars and Warriors - Lieber Institute West Point
Intelligence Wars, Their Warriors, and Legal Ambiguity – Part II: Ambiguity - Lieber Institute West Point
Choking on Export Controls? – War on the Rocks
Artificial Intelligence and Criminal Exploitation: A New Era of Risk | House Judiciary Committee Republicans
Sycamore Gap: How a ‘single strand of intelligence’ brought down the infamous tree fellers | The Independent
From Ads to AI: How Big Tech Took Over Everything | Inter Press Service
Ukraine wing of US-founded terrorist group says it was involved in killing of intelligence officer in Kyiv | Ukraine | The Guardian
World Is Off Track To Meet Child Immunization Goals | Inter Press Service
UK sanctions Russia intelligence units, including those responsible for Mariupol theater bombing - JURIST
Threat or Russian sabotage rising; Direct attack on NL unlikely: Intelligence services | NL Times
Crims hijacking fully patched SonicWall VPNs • The Register
The Return of Transactional Military Alliances in a Multipolar World | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University
Finding more bang for the cyber buck | Deloitte US
Mysterious wave of explosions, sudden IRGC death disrupt post-ceasefire calm in Iran - FDD's Long War Journal
Ottawa weighs plans on AI, copyright as OpenAI fights Ontario court jurisdiction | CBC News
US Defence Department awards contracts to xAI, Google, Anthropic and OpenAI - NZ Herald
France withdraws last troops in Senegal, ending 'permanent' presence - JURIST
A collective intelligence model for swarm robotics applications | Nature Communications
UK calls out Russian military intelligence... - NCSC.GOV.UK
Exclusive: Top Former CIA Russia Report Official Rejects Ratcliffe ‘Note’ Knocking U.S. Intelligence Analysis on 2016 Election | SpyTalk
7/17/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University
Skeptical Intelligence Is Crucial In The Age Of AI | Forbes
Human Rights in an Increasingly Digitizing World | Inter Press Service
Disinformation as a Strategic Weapon: A Review of Active Measures by Thomas Rid | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University
Donald Trump insists Iran strike 'completely destroyed' nuclear sites | The Hill
Austria’s revamped security leadership team tackles challenges | intelNews.org
Beyond Anti-Intelligence: Where AGI Might Live | Psychology Today
Russia's agents killed after intelligence officer shot dead, says Ukraine | BBC News
Information Management Driving Decision Supremacy | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University
Kenya’s Foreign Policy Towards Europe and Estonia - ICDS
The Geopolitics of Code: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of American Soft Power - The National Interest
Intelligence committee demands to know why ministers kept them in the dark over Afghan data breach | The Independent
Thales and Schiebel to sharpen Peregrine’s talons with Martlet missile integration | News | Flight Global
C5ISR Market to Reach USD 208.44 Billion by 2032, Driven by Demand for Integrated Defense Capabilities and Real-Time Intelligence - Industry Today
Amid Trump Scrutiny Over Epstein, Tulsi Gabbard Threatens Prosecution Of Obama Officials | Forbes
Stop Deploying AI. Start Designing Intelligence | Sloan Review MIT
NZ follows UK in condemning Russian cyber attacks - NZ Herald
Trump administration denies new report on Iran's nuclear sites | The Hill
Project Vanaheim: How the US and UK are trying to keep up with the UAS threat - Breaking Defense
MoD hid Afghan leak intelligence from MPs | The Times
Scientists Reveal a Human Brain-Like Breakthrough in AI Design | Popular Mechanics
Red Lines and Black Boxes: Iran, Deterrence, and the Weaponization of Uncertainty | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University
Gabbard claims Obama officials 'manufactured intelligence' of 2016 Russian election interference | The Hill
NATO CCDCOE releases new report on cybersecurity threats to maritime port infrastructure | Silobreaker
MITRE Launches AADAPT Framework to Secure Digital Assets - SOCRadar® Cyber Intelligence Inc.
Pioneering the future of airborne ISR: ASELSAN’s ASELFLIR 600 - Breaking Defense
Imagery for a tactical edge: On-Demand intelligence without delay - APDR
UK sanctions Russian intelligence officers linked to Mariupol theater bombing | PBS News
Is artificial intelligence turning off our minds? | Society | EL PAÍS English
What is Russia’s GRU? Putin’s feared military intelligence agency | The Times
Mindef, SAF units among those dealing with attack on S’pore’s critical information infrastructure | The Straits Times
Gabbard Claims Obama Administration Tried to Undermine Trump in 2016 - The New York Times
Tulsi Gabbard Helps Boost Trump’s Russian Election Interference Claims | Rollingstone