Georgia, Ukraine
Kyiv takes steps to bring back jailed Mikheil Saakashvili

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Ex-Erys found Audacia, GlobalPoint backs Saakashvili, Araud joins Portland, Raedas checks the books

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 Paris, Tbilisi, Washington and London.

ParisFormer Erys bosses create Audacia.

Tbilisi/WashingtonGlobalPoint and Akerman helping Saakashvili in DC.

Paris/London/WashingtonFormer French ambassador Gérard Araud joins Portland, which lobbies for Qatar and Kazakhstan.

LondonRaedas sorts out its books.

Europe, Georgia
EU uses Ukraine-tested communicators to spread message in Georgia

As Brussels comes closer to its decision on Georgia's bid for European Union membership amid the challenging security situation, it has hired no less than five communications experts to convey its narrative in the country.

Georgia, Ukraine, United States
Pro-Western parties in Kiev and Tbilisi look to build ties with Washington

Ukrainian and Georgian partisans of a rapprochement with the West are hoping they can make headway now that Biden is in the White House. However times have changed since the 2000s, when membership of NATO still seemed possible.

Georgia, United States
Mikheil Saakashvili

Mikheil Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia who now teaches [...]

Georgia
Security services undergo purge

Bidzina Ivanishvili Georgia's new prime minister, has cleaned house in the country's security services. Some 200 officials have been kicked [...]

United States
Tbilissi's lobbyists are rich

The struggle between Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and his political [...]