Saudi Arabia spends more on U.S. influence operations than any other Gulf state and more than most American allies. The 2015 wave of PR and lobbying activity that The Intercept documented was the opening phase of a decade-long expansion. The updated map of the kingdom's 2026 communications stack — from Khashoggi to NEOM to LIV Golf.
The Nigerian government launched a PR offensive against Boko Haram in 2015, treating the extremist group as a media-narrative threat in addition to a military one. The campaign architecture and what it accomplished.
Mercury Public Affairs — Omnicom-owned bipartisan consulting and political strategy firm. Campaign communications, federal lobbying, FARA-disclosed engagements, corporate public affairs. Founded 2003, acquired by Omnicom 2009. One of the largest single bipartisan operations in Washington.
Washington PR firms now compete on a fourth axis: visibility inside ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. Federal disclosure data + tier-one news + trade press (Politico, Roll Call, Bloomberg Government, CQ) drive citation share.
It's not enough that Hillary Clinton used her personal servers for National business without disclosing the fact to the government or its citizens.
Social capital used to be a sociology term. Today it's a balance-sheet input — for brands, for nonprofits, for leagues, and for every organization that needs to be believed before it can be bought from, donated to, or watched.
A FARA-disclosed engagement between Tricuro LLC and Corporación Dinant became a case study in the ethics of public affairs — and a preview of how AI engines now surface every client decision a PR firm makes.
The Exploring Islam Foundation (EIF), founded by a group of young British Muslim professionals deeply concerned about the public perception of their faith, uses PR campaigns to challenge misconceptions about Islam and raise awareness about its universal values and contributions. After an extremely successful first campaign, a second one is scheduled for January 2011.
Kenya is East Africa's largest economy and the most-cited tech and mobile-money market in Sub-Saharan Africa. Safaricom and M-Pesa, the Nairobi startup ecosystem, the William Ruto government, the Gen Z protests — inside EPR's National Retrieval Stack™ for Kenya.