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10/07/2026

Veteran media executive and international business strategist Victor Shiblie has joined Qorvis as Senior Advisor, bringing more than three decades of experience at the center of Washington’s diplomatic and international community.

For more than 25 years, he has served as President and Publisher of The Washington Diplomat, one of the capital’s leading publications serving the diplomatic community.

“Victor understands the power of media, relationships, and communications in international affairs because he has spent more than 30 years working at their intersection,” said Matt Lauer, Chief Executive Officer of Qorvis. “Few people in Washington have built the breadth of relationships across the diplomatic, media, and international business communities that Victor has. He brings extraordinary experience, judgment, and connectivity to Qorvis and, most importantly, to our clients.”

Washington Diplomat President and Publisher Brings More Than Three Decades of Media, International Business, and Diplomatic Experience to Qorvis WASHINGTON, D.C. Oct. 6, 2026 — Qorvis today announced that veteran media executive and international business strategist Victor Shiblie has joined the f...

10/01/2026

In a world awash in information, it’s easy to know what’s happening. But understanding what it means requires being there.

As conversations around energy, trade, diplomacy, and the changing world order played out around the globe, Qorvis was there during one of our busiest Septembers yet.

The United Nations General Assembly brought together client teams across our foreign sovereign, energy, and trade work, as world leaders, business titans, and media descended on New York to tackle the most consequential issues on the global agenda. We heard directly from many of these leaders, gathered intelligence, connected clients with journalists and influencers, and joined the American Shipping & Trading Association for a nightcap overlooking the Empire State Building.

From embassy events in Washington and the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas to APPEC in Singapore, September was another reminder that we are operating in a period of realignment—of alliances, trade relationships, supply chains, and centers of influence.

09/30/2026

“We are vulnerable, and everyone knows it.”

The Wargame is now streaming on Sky and NOW. In the four-part series, senior politicians, intelligence officials, and military leaders confront a simulated Russian attack on UK soil.

Qorvis Senior Advisor Tom Sharpe OBE served as the naval advisor inside the simulation. In the latest Qorvis Insights, Tom shares his experience and discusses Britain’s defense vulnerabilities, decision-making, and the role of communications in a crisis.

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By Shamai Frenkel “That episode gets scary quickly — which is good.” That’s Tom Sharpe on the moment in Sky’s The Wargame when Britain’s vulnerabilities become impossible to ignore. Six months from now, Russia attacks British soil. Senior politicians, intelligence officials, and military...

09/18/2026

The Qorvis team joined leaders from business, government, and the diplomatic community at the Swiss Residence in Washington, D.C. for the 25th Soirée Suisse.

This year’s theme, “Building Champions Together,” showcased Swiss innovations in technology, science, health, and design, and their role in advancing athletic performance.

The celebration honored Swiss professional basketball player Clint Capela with the 2026 Gallatin Award. For us, it was also an opportunity to celebrate Qorvis’s longstanding ties to Switzerland and the work we do with clients through our Geneva office.

Thank you to Ambassador Dr. Ralf Heckner and Dr. Ilaria Macconi Heckner for hosting. As Ambassador Heckner noted, “the purpose has remained remarkably consistent: to bring people together, to create connections, and to build relationships that continue long after the evening.”

Embassy of Switzerland in the United States of America

09/15/2026

This June, the price of a single cynomolgus monkey on the Chinese market climbed to roughly $26,000, nearly double from a year earlier. While this is a sign that China’s biotechnology sector is outgrowing its own infrastructure, the deeper story is that China’s bet on biotechnology is paying off faster than expected, explains Qorvis’ Baihe Nangong.

Nangong explains how China became a biotech powerhouse and assesses what the rise of Chinese biotech means for patients, governments, biotech companies, and investors. She makes the case for why biotech companies and their investors seeking to straddle the Chinese and U.S. markets must navigate this environment with a careful public relations and risk-mitigation strategy.

Read more: https://qorvis.com/what-chinas-monkey-shortage-means-for-global-biotech/

By Lilia Nangong In June, the price of a single cynomolgus monkey on the Chinese market climbed to roughly $26,000, nearly double from a year earlier. The surge in demand for primates used in testing the safety of drugs is being driven by an expanding pipeline of next-generation therapies, such as a...

09/14/2026

Mark your calendar for September 21, when The Wargame premieres on Sky!

The four-part series puts real senior politicians, intelligence experts, and military leaders—including Qorvis Senior Advisor and former Royal Navy Commander Tom Sharpe OBE—inside a sealed briefing room to confront a simulated Russian attack on UK soil. As the scenario unfolds, they are forced to make the kinds of decisions that would shape the UK’s response to a real national security crisis.

We’ll be watching!

What would happen if the UK came under attack?The Wargame is a gr...

08/26/2026

We can't escape the onslaught of AI-generated content, misinformation, and entirely fabricated "news" in our feeds. And due to information laundering, it is getting harder to verify claims and distinguish misinformation from legitimate reporting.

But while the content itself may be difficult to verify, the path it takes is harder to fake. Misinformation leaves fingerprints.

In the latest in the Qorvis series on misinformation, our summer student fellow Mika Mustafayev explains the concept of information laundering and how we can identify laundered claims – before they become news.

Read the whole thing: https://qorvis.com/follow-the-claim-how-to-spot-information-laundering-before-it-becomes-news/

Check the comments to learn more about our initiative to examine misinformation in the media.

By Mika Mustafayev Fake news is not a new phenomenon. However, in the age of technology, false information – whether that be made-up claims or AI-generated videos – can spread like wildfire. Moreover, due to information laundering, it is getting harder and harder to verify claims and distinguish...

08/19/2026

Through every major shift of the last quarter-century, from financial crises and wars to global pandemics and changing world orders, we’ve been there, helping clients understand what’s coming next.

And as our 25th anniversary year officially comes to a close, it feels like we’re on the precipice of another major shift – perhaps the most cinematic one yet.

AI is transforming how we work and communicate. Geopolitical alliances are changing. Trade relationships and supply chains are being redrawn. And physical intelligence and real-world access matter more than ever.

Qorvis is ready.

08/14/2026

A CANDU nuclear reactor could offer America an opportunity to secure strategic bottlenecks before they become catastrophic chokepoints, generating power for data centers while producing a byproduct that both quantum computing and nuclear fusion require, explains Qorvis' Abraham Went.

He makes the case for an American CANDU reactor: it would provide a second nuclear-fuel pathway while potentially converting an existing heavy-water stockpile into electricity and strategic isotope capacity.

Is CANDU a 2030s hedge against today's bottlenecks becoming tomorrow's supply crisis?

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By Abraham Went It’s quite paradoxical that the most capable technologies in world history (AI, nuclear energy, and quantum computing) revived a three-centuries-old policy response: mercantilism. Today, national self-interest has taken precedence over global cooperation. China and the United State...