Geopolitical Information Service

Geopolitical Information Service (GIS) and World Review are geopolitical websites that publish reports on international affairs written by a team of authors world wide. The two sites are funded by Geopolitical Information Service AG, an intelligence consultancy based in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. The authors include academics and individuals in business, politics, the diplomatic service, intelligence services and government advisors.
GIS was founded in 2011 by H.S.H Prince Michael of Liechtenstein, an entrepreneur and expert in the field of global geopolitics and economics. Prince Michael is President of the European Centre of Austrian Economics Foundation (ECAEF), a liberal think-tank based in Liechtenstein as well as co-founder of several other international think-tanks.
GIS publishes some 250 intelligence reports a year and several comment columns each week. The reports are published in English and German.
World Review was founded in October 2012 as a free-access sister website to GIS. Its aim was to provide quick reads on topics covered by GIS. Reports are published in English and German.
Company philosophy
GIS’s goal is "to provide top quality information that gives comprehensive background information on situations as well as forward-looking scenarios."
GIS sets out to be politically neutral and aims to provide its online communities with the most up-to-date reports and overviews of global situations.
Key players
Prince Michael of Liechtenstein is the founder and chairman.
Reiner Mittelbach is CEO. Reiner Mittelbach was CEO of IFRA until 2009. He took part in the merger of publishing organisation IFRA with the World Association of Newspapers - WAN-IFRA. He left the organisation in April 2010.
GIS Website
GIS is a subscription-based website that publishes in-depth analysis focusing on economics, energy, politics, and defence & security.
GIS reports provide analysis on geopolitics and geopolitical trends aimed at international corporations, governments and their agencies and other institutions. In addition to publishing and consulting work, GIS also makes its analysts available for public speaking engagements, workshops and interviews.
GIS launched in 2011 behind a full paywall but introduced a porous paywall in May 2014. Site users can access three free GIS reports each month by signing in with their email address. Once the three free reports have been accessed, readers are directed to either buy individual reports at €2,99 each, or subscribe (49 euros a month) for full access.
In 2014 GIS launched a free-access Statement Blog that provides a platform for GIS experts to comment on international affairs and ongoing news topics relevant to GIS.
World Review
World Review is the sister-site to GIS. This website is free to access, and provides shorter analytical reports that focus on the same topics.
In addition, World Review also publishes videos called Ask the Expert. These are short interviews recorded via Skype with the GIS experts, usually on news-worthy topics.
World Review carries a section, Have Your Say, which invites those with an interest in geopolitics to contribute a short 600-word article on a topic relevant to the website. Contributors do not get a fee for their writing, but they are provided with a platform on which to be published.
About the GIS authors
GIS has a team of more than 50 leading global experts in their respective fields, including academics and individuals in business, politics, the diplomatic service, intelligence services and as government advisors.
Prince Michael of Liechtenstein, founder and chairman of GIS, frequently comments on current affairs through GIS, the GIS Blog and other publications.
The audience
GIS
GIS is a niche publication, aimed at top management, company directors, investors, entrepreneurs, politicians, academics and those with an interest in detailed geopolitical reports.
World Review
World Review, although still a specialist publication, reaches a wider audience. The website is free-to-view. World Review reports are considered a ‘quick read’ version of the more in-depth GIS reports. Its primary audience is academics and students who have a specific interest in geopolitics.
Consultancy
The GIS network provides expertise and insights on geopolitics and geopolitical trends for international corporations, governments and their agencies and other institutions. GIS highlights its ‘unique selling point’ as a ‘balanced and independent approach providing clients with forward-looking scenarios based on the experts experience and insight’.
GIS offers a consultancy service through tailor-made reports and face-to-face presentations and workshops.
The GIS Corporate Intelligence Service is an advanced research and advisory service tailored to customers‘ needs. These range from single research projects, presentations and on-going geopolitical coaching. This programme was devised to support clients who need permanent access to independent knowledge and early warning of the macroeconomic environment in which they operate.

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