Europe, Germany
European Gulf PR galaxy surfaces in Germany

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Gulf consulting, new Tory network

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to London.

LondonGulf specialist Tobias Borck moves into consulting.

LondonA new Tory business network.

Spotlight | Germany, United Kingdom
Bundestag report on Wirecard shines light once again on Arcanum

The German assembly's report revisits the frenetic use of consultants and private investigators by the collapsed German payment processing company Wirecard.

European Union
Germany's Secunet to provide cyber-protection for EU Secret

The European Union (EU), which would like member states' intelligence services to step up their information-sharing, has hired the German cryptography company Secunet to protect European institutions' classified EU Secret information.

United States
Gulf influence operations in Washington under DNI scrutiny

In a sign of Washington's irritation over Gulf influence wars in the US, the Intelligence Authorization Act (IAA) for 2021, [...]

France
Abu Dhabi and Doha's battle for influence takes bookish turn

While the online world is more typically exploited to maximise influence these days, the pro and anti Muslim Brotherhood communities, backed by the UAE and Qatar, still have a penchant for traditional publishing.

United States
Fontenrose wears multiple Gulf Consuntant hats

Kirsten Fontenrose, the former Gulf specialist in Donald Trump's National [...]

Spotlight | Kuwait, United Kingdom, United States
Gloves come off as investigators pile into Kuwait's Port Fund scandal

A plethora of intelligence and influence firms are mobilised behind the scenes of a battle between Gulf Investment Corp (GIC) and Kuwait's Port Fund.

United Kingdom, United States
Tricuro and Ross Gow help Russia in Kuwait

The reputation protection firm Tricuro has taken a contract work [...]

Hong Kong
David Richards advises Apache Asia

According to our sources, the former Chief of the Defence Staff of the British armed forces, David Richards, Baron Richards [...]