Executive Summary

The French intelligence community’s external intelligence agency, La Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure (DGSE), is undergoing significant reforms to address previous failings and modernise its capabilities to adapt to modern security challenges. These changes coincide with France’s claims of growing internal terrorist threats, waning African influence, a resurgent and more belligerent Russia, and more aggressive Chinese intelligence operations against Western nations.

Images Sourced From: Luc Viatour, RadioFrance, CourrierInternational, DGSI