Key takeaways
- Dylan Welch is the founder of Intelligence Report and the host of The Intelligence Report Podcast, which Welch International publishes.
- Welch International is an international relations and strategic advisory firm that works across the public sector, the private sector and the multilateral system.
- Dylan Welch's other roles include founding and hosting the Global Leadership Forum, whose 2026 edition was the New York Innovation Forum for Sustainable Development.
- A publication on international affairs adds a public record of analysis to a body of work built on access, discretion and execution.
Dylan Welch is the founder and CEO of Welch International, an international relations and strategic advisory firm based in St. Petersburg, Florida. He is also the founder of Intelligence Report, the publication you are reading, and the host of The Intelligence Report Podcast. This feature looks at how a media platform fits alongside the advisory, convening and United Nations related work that defines Dylan Welch’s career. Intelligence Report is published by Welch International, and readers should weigh this profile with that relationship in mind.
What is Intelligence Report, and who is behind it?
Intelligence Report (intelligencereport.org) is an international affairs publication founded by Dylan Welch. Its companion is The Intelligence Report Podcast, which he hosts. Together they give Welch International a public voice on the subjects its advisory work touches: multilateral institutions, geopolitics, markets and sustainable development.
The range of recent coverage shows the intent. Readers can find reporting on the UN Secretary-General’s warning about widening war, on a UN Commission of Inquiry finding on Ukraine’s energy system, and on why the UN has not named who struck a market in Abyei. The same pages carry financial and central bank stories, which reflects an audience that crosses diplomacy and capital.
How does the platform connect to Welch International?
Welch International specializes in business development, strategic partnerships and operations across the public sector, the private sector and the multilateral system. Its three services are Develop, Partner and Operate, which Intelligence Report has explained in a separate feature on the firm’s advisory model. Its focus areas include United Nations and multilateral engagement, government relations, public-private partnerships and sustainable development.
A publication and a podcast are a natural companion to that work. Dylan Welch is described as an expert in business development, strategic partnerships and communication strategy, and a media platform applies that third skill directly. His background also includes broadcast production, and he co-founded and exited a green media company. Intelligence Report is therefore not his first venture in media. It is the one that now carries the Welch International name.
The platform also sits next to his convening work. Dylan Welch is the founder and host of the Global Leadership Forum. Its 2026 edition, the New York Innovation Forum for Sustainable Development, was held on September 21 and 22, 2026, at 777 UN Plaza in New York. It was timed to Climate Week NYC and the 81st UN General Assembly, and it was co-hosted by Peace Boat US and Welch International. Partners and sponsors included Siemens, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, RMI, the Roosevelt Alliance, Blue Planet Alliance, HNO International and the Global Leadership Network.
Why does a platform for international affairs matter now?
The setting for this work is a crowded and contested diplomatic calendar. UN News marked the organization’s 81st anniversary on October 24, noting that its agenda still centers on settling disputes through diplomacy, fighting poverty and hunger, promoting human rights and delivering aid. The 81st General Assembly session opened under the theme of restoring trust and managing transformation. Al Jazeera reported that AI, the Israel-Palestine conflict and the US-Israel war on Iran dominated the general debate.
These are the topics that governments, companies and multilateral institutions have to work through, and they are the same institutions Welch International serves. The firm’s clients are governments, corporations, multilateral institutions including UN entities, and nonprofits and foundations. A publication gives those audiences a shared reference point for the developments that shape their decisions. That context is attributed to the outlets cited above and does not describe any involvement by Dylan Welch or Welch International in those events.
There is also a practical logic. Dylan Welch works as a private contractor for the United Nations, and he is co-founder of the Global Leadership Network and Chief Development Officer of the Roosevelt Alliance, a land and nature conservation policy organization. Each role gives him a view of how institutions actually move. Writing and broadcasting on international affairs is a way to put that perspective into public conversation.
What experience sits behind the platform?
Dylan Welch spent about a decade as an international expedition guide, leading expeditions across Europe, South America and Asia, and he has organized philanthropic expeditions internationally. His background also includes UN-adjacent foundation operations. Those years explain a working style that Welch International describes through its principles: trusted access, cross-sector fluency, discretion, execution and senior attention, with direct principal involvement on every mandate.
For readers of Intelligence Report, the takeaway is simple. The publication and The Intelligence Report Podcast are one part of a wider portfolio that includes advisory mandates, forums and partnerships. Each part rests on the same idea that the firm states about its own mission: helping governments, companies and multilateral institutions build the partnerships, pipelines and operations that turn shared goals into measurable results.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is Dylan Welch?
Dylan Welch is the founder and CEO of Welch International, an international relations and strategic advisory firm based in St. Petersburg, Florida. He is also the founder of Intelligence Report, host of The Intelligence Report Podcast, and a private contractor for the United Nations. He is an expert in business development, strategic partnerships and communication strategy.
What does Welch International do?
Welch International specializes in business development, strategic partnerships and operations across the public sector, the private sector and the multilateral system. Its services are Develop, Partner and Operate. It serves governments, corporations, multilateral institutions including UN entities, and nonprofits and foundations, with direct principal involvement on every mandate.
What was the New York Innovation Forum?
The New York Innovation Forum for Sustainable Development was the 2026 edition of the Global Leadership Forum, which Dylan Welch founded and hosts. It was held September 21 and 22, 2026, at 777 UN Plaza in New York, timed to Climate Week NYC and the 81st UN General Assembly, and co-hosted by Peace Boat US and Welch International.
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- Welch International
- UN marks 81 years of global cooperation
- UNGA 81: Five key takeaways from general debate
- Welch International
Intelligence Report is published by Welch International. This article is part of our series on the leadership behind the publication.
This article was produced by the Intelligence Report Desk. Sources are linked below.
