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Cogent Strategies has inked a $200K contract to provide PR services in the US for the Government of Iraq.
The one-year contract went into effect on Jan. 1.
The DC-based firm will develop messaging to advance Iraq’s priorities, conduct press relations/monitoring, handle digital outreach and provide media training for ambassador Fareed Yasseen.
Cogent managing director Will Bohlen and John Anderson are responsible for the Iraq work.
Anderson is a longtime foreign correspondent for the Washington Post and editor of Politico magazine. He spent 16 years as WaPo’s bureau chief in Mexico City, Paris, Istanbul, New Delhi and Jerusalem and covered conflicts/peacekeeping missions in Kosovo, Middle East, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Bohlen was strategic communications chief for the German Marshall Fund and spokesperson for its 150-member policy institute, which has a presence in Germany, France, Belgium, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Turkey.
Kimberley Fritts launched Cogent Strategies in 2017 following the implosion of Podesta Group, where she was CEO.
Mercury Public Affairs has agreed to perform PR, communications and government relations services for the 
Manchester Trade is working to promote US investment in the minerals-rich Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Guidepost Strategies has signed on to represent the presidential administration of Romania in its efforts to consolidate the national security of the country and strengthen its relations with the US.
Teneo Strategy has a six-month $3.9M pact to prep Türkiye for the the United Nations climate change conference that it will host at Antalya from Nov. 6 through Nov. 30.
Moran Global Strategies has signed a six-month $240K agreement with Uganda to enhance its political and economic ties with the US.
