MI6 is top European foreign intelligence service, finds peer review
A peer review conducted by French magazine L'Express has ranked the UK's MI6 as the most powerful foreign intelligence service in Europe. The agency was specifically commended for its long-term strategic planning and its effectiveness in recruiting high-level informants within major global powers.
Why it matters
This ranking highlights the continued geopolitical influence of British intelligence in the modern era, particularly regarding operations in Russia, China, and Ukraine.
MI6 headquarters at Vauxhall Cross, London. The service was commended for its expertise in recruiting high-level informants. Photograph: Reuters MI6 headquarters at Vauxhall Cross, London. The service was commended for its expertise in recruiting high-level informants. Photograph: Reuters MI6 MI6 is top European foreign intelligence service, peer review finds UK’s Secret Intelligence Service praised for playing long game and having ‘a taste for dirty tricks’
Prefer the Guardian on Google MI6 has been ranked as the most powerful foreign intelligence service in Europe ahead of France and the Netherlands, according to a peer review.
The British intelligence agency scored 251 points in the research and was commended for its expertise in recruiting high-level informants and penetrating the ruling elites in Russia, China, Iran and Turkey, according to the review by 60 professionals from 25 countries.
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