Davis Richardson

Davis Richardson is the Founder and CEO of America-Ukraine Strategic Partners (AUSP) and the founder of Paradox Public Relations, working at the intersection of cybersecurity, defense innovation, strategic communications, and geopolitics. At AUSP, he leads a team deploying private capital into Ukraine’s defense and reconstruction ecosystem, with leadership that includes former BlackRock sovereign and strategic investment executives, TS-cleared former U.S. intelligence and defense officials, and trusted Ukrainian partners focused on secure market access, anti-corruption safeguards, and outcomes-based delivery across critical infrastructure, defense technology, and cyber-resilience initiatives. Through Paradox Public Relations, Richardson advises technology, defense, and cybersecurity companies and public-sector partners on narrative strategy and policy alignment; the firm has represented organizations across quantum computing, blockchain forensics, space propulsion, and national security, and has served as an official media partner to BRAVE1. Paradox’s Ukraine-focused media campaigns have earned two SABRE Awards, the industry’s highest honor, with Richardson also serving as a SABRE Awards jurist, and the firm shortlisted for “Social Impact Agency of the Year” and “Innovator of the Year – Agency." Based between Kyiv, Washington, D.C., and New York, Richardson works regularly on the ground in Ukraine and appears frequently on Fox News providing analysis on U.S.–Ukraine relations, defense cooperation, and geopolitical risk. He has written for The Kyiv Independent, The Daily Beast, VICE, New York Post, New York Observer, and WIRED.