Xi boosts decentralised diplomacy | Anti-drone warfare | Yemen's tunnel wars

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Monday 3 November Read this issue     Spotlight | China Beijing expands means for decentralised diplomacy abroad   Following an internal review of its subnational diplomacy operations, the Chinese Communist Party has decided to boost investment in this method of building influence in the United States and Europe.   Subscribers only | Asia-Pacific, Back-door diplomacy     Finland, Sweden As intrusive drone incidents rise, Cerbair picks up new European orders   Several countries in Europe have been targeted by suspicious drone activity in recent months, with Moscow's shadow looming large. In this context, the French anti-drone specialist has just signed several contracts in Northern Europe.   Subscribers only | Europe-Russia, Defence       Yemen Tunnel wars rage as fractured loyalists fail to counter Houthis     Between Saudi disengagement and the fragility of the loyalist front, the Yemeni conflict, now entering its twelfth year, is bogged down in a military and political impasse. On the ground, Intelligence Online observed that the regular army in particular appears weakened.   Subscribers only | Middle-East & Africa, Defence,       France Ex-DGSE spy agency boss Bajolet tried in France for 'intimidation' to recover secret funds     A court outside Paris will this week try the former head of France's DGSE foreign intelligence service, Bernard Bajolet, for allegedly intimidating controversial financier Alain Duménil, who the service accused of embezzling its secret war chest.   Subscribers only | Europe-Russia, Agencies       The Agencies' Gazette Taiwan US reservists discreetly re-engage   France Former deputy at Campus Cyber joins Paris Peace Forum   EU-France China expert Emmanuel Puig back from Brussels to shape DGRIS   United States Will a former spy soon become Virginia governor?   Turkey/Armenia Truce between Ankara and Yerevan in Paris   Subscribers only | Agencies,

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