Alan Riley

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(academic, lawyer, journalist)
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BornAugust 1964
NationalityUK
Alma materDurham University, Edinburgh University
Member ofAtlantic Council, Institute for Statecraft, Institute for Statecraft/Tor team
Interests • Energy
• European law
• Tax havens
• Shale Gas
• Brexit

Dr. Alan Riley is an associate Senior Research Fellow of the Institute for Statecraft, where his specialist area is listed as "EU Liaison Experience"[1] and the role description is "Russian use of the energy weapon and infowar; use of legislation to fight Russian influence and disinformation ".[2] He is also a non-resident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council. He has published various papers about law and energy policy. He is Member of the Advisory Committee of the Energy Community.[3]

Background

Alan Riley studied law at Durham University, then obtained an LLM in EC Law from Edinburgh University, concluding his studies there with a PhD. This thesis was entitled A Radical Thesis: Reforming EC Competition Law. He qualified as a solicitor in 1991.

Career

Riley has written for a range of newspapers including the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times. He was formerly Professor of Law, City University, London. Alan Riley has also written a number of academic papers including for International Energy Law Review.[4][5]

He has spoken at CYBERSEC[6]

He is one of the authors of the Document:China’s Strategy towards Europe: Implications and Policy Recommendations for EU Security

Activities

In 2014 he started Temple Strategic Advisory Ltd with another IfS fellow, Samantha de Bendern. Thius was dissolved in March 2016.[7]

Publications

In 2016 Alan Riley published Brexit: Causes and Consequences with another IfS fellow, Francis Ghilès.

 

A Document by Alan Riley

TitleDocument typePublication dateSubject(s)
Document:China’s Strategy towards Europe: Implications and Policy Recommendations for EU Securityanalysis, policy recommendations26 December 2018China
21st century
Hypercompetition

 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Russia’s Strategy on NATO'S Eastern and Southern Flanks27 January 2017 09:30:0027 January 2017 16:30:00Barcelona Centre for International AffairsA CIDOB/The Institute for Statecraft/NATO meeting
Strengthening Europe's 'soft' and 'hard' defence25 March 2019 13:00:0025 March 2019 17:00:00Netherlands
The Hague
Clingendael Institute
Chatham House rule meeting with organised by the Institute for Statecraft and the Clingendael Institute.
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