Strategic Intelligence

GCI delivers bespoke strategic intelligence that helps clients understand regulatory, geopolitical, and competitive dynamics before making consequential business decisions. Our work combines open-source investigation with interview insights to provide context, clarity, and forward-looking analysis in complex market environments.

Regulatory and Geopolitical Risk Intelligence

GCI’s human intelligence capabilities and open source investigation skills help clients interpret regulatory developments, enforcement actions, and geopolitical developments affecting specific markets and sectors.

Our team is frequently engaged to help clients make sense of fast-moving news events, including enforcement actions taken against specific companies and individuals. GCI’s intelligence reports provide clear, contextual analysis of complex and evolving situations.

For many engagements, we conduct off-the-record interviews with well-placed experts who provide their candid views on difficult questions. By speaking with individuals who have diverse perspectives, we can compare and contrast the different answers we receive, so that our intelligence is informed by a full and fair understanding of the matter.

Our ability to connect with the right people is based in part on our existing professional network, which includes many figures in the policy, compliance, and national security professional communities in Washington, DC.

Competitive and Market Intelligence

GCI helps clients understand competitive landscapes and strategic positioning through in-depth, tailored research and primary-source insights. Our competitive and market intelligence work often involves a combination of open-source research and interviews with well-placed human sources, including industry experts and former employees of selected competitors.

To add value beyond what is readily known and available, GCI works closely with clients to first determine a list of key intelligence questions. Our research then delivers thorough, balanced, and fact-based answers to these challenging questions, allowing companies to move forward and navigate difficult terrain, with full confidence in their approach.

Political Opposition Research

GCI’s research team includes multiple investigative professionals who have substantial prior experience working full-time for political campaigns in an opposition research capacity.

We combine our investigative skills and expertise with a deep understanding of how research findings can be applied in the context of a fast-moving political campaign.

Case Study - U.S.-China Technology

GCI helped a client evaluate the risks and benefits of a business relationship with a controversial Chinese technology company. Our in-house team conducted interviews with subject matter experts and former employees of the company.

Our reporting explained how the company is seen by key stakeholders (regulators, the national security community, and business partners) and how the Chinese company’s standing could change in the future. We explored geopolitical concerns, domestic political perspectives, and the competitive landscape. Ultimately, the client received nuanced, balanced, and authoritative answers to all their intelligence questions.