 Ed Rogers |
Bahrain has signed BGR Government Affairs to a two-year strategic communications contract worth $1.6M.
BGR chairman Ed Rogers, former aide to the late Republican political consultant Lee Atwater and deputy assistant in the George Bush I White House, leads the team that includes former journalist Jeffrey Birnbaum (Wall Street Journal, Time, Washington Post and Fortune) and Clinton/Obama White House staffer Maya Seiden.
Bahrain has long been criticized for a crackdown on its majority Shia population by its Sunni leadership. It has jailed Shia political leaders as terrorist.
The island nation, which is closely aligned with Saudi Arabia, is part of the Arab coalition that erected the economic and political blockade of Qatar for its alleged ties to Iran, which also is dominated by Shias.
Some fear Bahrain’s crackdown will build support for Iran.
Bahrain is home to the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet.
Edelman is providing communications support to Panama’s Ministry of Commerce and Industries under an agreement capped at $97,100 per month.
Ballard Partners has recruited State Department veteran Matt Bryza as a senior policy advisor.
Teneo has extended its contract with the Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation for an additional four months to July 31, adding another $1.8M in fees to the New York firm’s coffers.
The Syrian Kurdish militia recruits Jim Dornan Strategies to press Congress for continued support in their battle against ISIS and Syrian president Bashar Assad.
The Government of Hungary has hired Strategic Improvisation Inc. to generate positive media coverage and combat negative press coverage of the Central European country. (6 reader comments)
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