Stratagem International

What Stratagem International does

Stratagem International is a Belfast-headquartered strategic political affairs and communications consultancy founded in 1998 by Quintin Oliver following the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement. The firm operates across three core service strands: Understanding (Research & Analysis covering political risk assessment, stakeholder mapping, and conflict analysis), Engaging (Mediation and Conflict Resolution including track two diplomacy and peace-building), and Influencing (Strategic Communications and Public Affairs including campaign design and reputation management). Its customer base includes inter-governmental organizations, UN agencies, Western governments, European institutional donors, NGOs focused on human rights and democracy, and multinational corporations with political risk exposure in complex markets.

The firm is structured as a boutique professional services operation with 1-10 core staff supported by a curated network of over 200 quality-assured consultants deployed globally as needed. Services are delivered through direct consulting engagements on a project-by-project basis, with no disclosed pricing, no software product, and no recurring subscription model. Geographic reach spans Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, South Asia, and Eastern Europe, with recent active engagements in Ukraine, South Asia natural resources, and Southern Africa strategic communications.

Stratagem International is a sister company to Stratagem NI, which provides operational infrastructure and back-stop capacity. The firm is privately held, founder-owned, and bootstrapped with no external institutional investment disclosed. Its competitive positioning rests on the lived field experience of its practitioners in volatile political environments rather than technology differentiation, with a value proposition anchored to the Good Friday peace process legacy and Northern Ireland peace-building expertise.

Name

Stratagem International

Legal name

Stratagem International

Website

https://stratagemint.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Stratagem International is a Belfast-based strategic political affairs consultancy founded in 1998, serving governments, NGOs, inter-governmental bodies, and multinationals with research, conflict resolution, and strategic communications in complex political environments worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Belfast

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Strategic Consulting Services: Professional consulting services provided to organizations with international interests, including research, analysis, training, mediation, conflict resolution, and strategic communications engagements in politically complex environments

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Stratagem International is a strategic political affairs and communications consultancy providing professional services to organizations with international interests operating in volatile, insecure, and complex political environments. Services span three strands: Understanding (research, analysis, political risk and conflict assessment), Engaging (mediation, conflict resolution, peace-building, stakeholder mapping, training), and Influencing (strategic communications, public affairs, political campaigns, reputation management). Delivery is supported by a global network of more than 200 vetted consultants providing field-sourced expertise.

Product overview

Stratagem International is a strategic political affairs and communications consultancy providing professional services under three core work strands: Understanding (Research & Analysis), Engaging (Mediation and Conflict Resolution), and Influencing (Strategic Communications and Public Affairs). The company operates a network of over 200 consultants globally and is a sister company of Stratagem NI. Services include political risk analysis, stakeholder mapping, peace-building, capacity-building, campaign design and management, and monitoring and evaluation. The offering is a service-based consultancy model, not a software platform or product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Understanding (Research & Analysis) Evidence-based research and analysis service providing comprehensive understanding of actors, interests, positions, issues, drivers, obstacles, and dynamics in complex political environments. Includes desk and field research, quantitative and qualitative analysis, stakeholder analysis, political risk assessment, reputational analysis, power mapping, conflict analysis, and CVE analysis for organizations with international interests.
• Engaging (Mediation and Conflict Resolution) Mediation and conflict resolution service bringing together coalitions of actors, crafting and sharpening positions, and removing barriers to change in conflict-sensitive environments. Includes track two diplomacy, peace-building through stakeholder profiling and mapping, roundtables and engagement, facilitation, training, team-building, and political party development for governments, NGOs, and civil society organizations.
• Influencing (Strategic Communications and Public Affairs) Strategic communications and public affairs service planning and delivering high-impact campaigns which influence behaviour, empower organisations, and create lasting positive change. Includes public diplomacy, political campaigns (elections and referendums), reputation management, attitudinal and behavioural change campaigns, CVE initiatives, and full campaign scoping, strategy, execution, review, audit, and evaluation.

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Stratagem NIcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStratagem NI is a sister company of Stratagem International that provides infrastructure and back-stop capacity. While Stratagem International focuses on political environments outside the UK and Ireland, the sister company supports with operational infrastructure.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• The Asia Group: The Asia Group is a strategic advisory firm helping clients navigate political, regulatory, and commercial issues across Asia, with a practitioner-led model similar to Stratagem's experiential expertise positioning.
• Control Risks: Control Risks is a global political, security, and integrity risk consultancy providing political risk analysis, crisis response, and security advisory to corporates and governments — directly comparable in scope and clientele to Stratagem International.
• Cefeidas International: Cefeidas International is a Latin America-focused political and regulatory advisory firm offering political risk analysis and stakeholder engagement services, with comparable services in a regional specialization.
• BowerGroupAsia: BowerGroupAsia is a political and business advisory firm focused exclusively on Asia-Pacific markets, providing comparable government-relations and political risk advisory services to multinational clients.
• Dentons Global Advisors (Albright Stonebridge Group): Albright Stonebridge Group (now part of Dentons Global Advisors) is a global strategic advisory firm focused on geopolitical risk, public affairs, and cross-border engagement, mirroring Stratagem's international affairs and public affairs offerings.
• Africa Practice: Africa Practice is an Africa-focused strategic advisory firm providing political and regulatory advisory to corporates, governments, and investors, comparable in regional specialization and political risk work.
• Eurasia Group: Eurasia Group is a leading political risk advisory firm offering geopolitical analysis and advisory to global investors and corporations, with comparable deliverables around political risk assessment and stakeholder engagement.
• Penn Schoen Berland: Penn Schoen Berland is a global research and strategic communications firm offering political and corporate communications advisory, with overlap in strategic communications and campaigning services.

Others

• International Crisis Group: International Crisis Group is an independent NGO providing field-based conflict analysis and policy recommendations, with thematic overlap to Stratagem's research, conflict analysis, and stakeholder engagement work in fragile states.

Broad incumbents

• FTI Consulting (Strategic Communications segment): FTI Consulting is a large global advisory firm whose Strategic Communications segment offers public affairs, geopolitical advisory, and crisis communications that overlap with Stratagem's service lines, though across a much broader portfolio.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/stratagemint

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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