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

Georgia
Georgia tackles overhaul of anti-corruption regulations

To meet the US and EU's good governance standards, Georgia, in the midst of political turmoil, is trying to agree on de-oligarchisation and anti-corruption regulations similar to those adopted by Kyiv. Its intelligence community, also under scrutiny, is hoping to play a part.

Europe
B&S Europe, the provider helping the EU gain influence in Eastern Europe

Business and Strategies in Europe has been contracted by Brussels to help Moldova and the Balkan states with their West-leaning policies, placing it in a strategic position as Russia tries to exert its own influence in these countries.

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, United States
UE and US use tried and tested methods for security reform in Tbilisi

After refusing Georgia the status of candidate for European Union membership, Brussels is pushing the country to relaunch major reform programmes. National security is an area that has come under particular criticism, both in defence and intelligence.

Russia, Ukraine
Moscow's shifting security and political strategies in the Donbass

The heavy losses suffered by its armies in Donetsk and Luhansk are forcing Moscow to review its political and security roadmap for the territories.

Spotlight | Europe, Ukraine, United States
EU and US add muscle to still headless Ukrainian cyber defence

The cyber troops deployed by the Ukrainian president for the country's 30 years of independence in August have no commander as yet even as Kyiv's Western partners continue to offer generous levers for its cyber tools and Russia tries to impose its own red lines.