Alan Riley

Alan Riley   ( academic,  lawyer,  journalist)
Born	August 1964
Nationality	UK
Alma mater	•  Durham University •  Edinburgh University
Member of	Atlantic Council, Institute for Statecraft, Institute for Statecraft/Tor team
Interests	•  Energy •  European law •  Tax havens •  Shale Gas •  Brexit
UK solicitor/academic who worked for the Institute for Statecraft

Dr. Alan Riley is an associate Senior Research Fellow of the Institute for Statecraft, where his specialist area is listed as "EU Liaison Experience" and the role description is "Russian use of the energy weapon and infowar; use of legislation to fight Russian influence and disinformation ". As of December 2018 he directed the IfS's Energy project. 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.

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.

He has spoken at CYBERSEC.

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

Activities

Speaking at the Strengthening Europe's 'soft' and 'hard' defence event in March 2019

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

Publications

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

 

A Document by Alan Riley

Title	Document type	Publication date	Subject(s)	Description
Document:China’s Strategy towards Europe: Implications and Policy Recommendations for EU Security	analysis, policy recommendations	26 December 2018	China 21st Century Hypercompetition	"Chinese have, as a result, a 5-7 year advantage over the US and Europe ..." A long document by senior IfS members

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
GLOBSEC/Forum/2014	14 May 2014	16 May 2014	Slovakia Bratislava	Yearly spooky conference in Slovakia. Only the list of speakers is known.
GLOBSEC/Forum/2015	19 June 2015	21 June 2015	Slovakia Bratislava	Yearly spooky conference in Slovakia. Only half of the participants are known.
GLOBSEC/Forum/2016	15 April 2016	17 April 2016	Slovakia Bratislava	Yearly spooky conference in Slovakia. Only the speakers are known.
GLOBSEC/Forum/2018	17 May 2018	19 May 2018	Slovakia Bratislava	Spooky yearly conference in Slovakia. Only panel speakers are known.
Russia’s Strategy on NATO'S Eastern and Southern Flanks	27 January 2017 09:30:00	27 January 2017 16:30:00	Barcelona Centre for International Affairs	A CIDOB/The Institute for Statecraft/NATO meeting
Strengthening Europe's 'soft' and 'hard' defence	25 March 2019 13:00:00	25 March 2019 17:00:00	Netherlands The Hague Clingendael Institute	Chatham House rule meeting with organised by the Institute for Statecraft and the Clingendael Institute.
Yalta European Strategy/Meeting/2010	2010	2010		The Yalta European Strategy Meeting for 2010
Yalta European Strategy/Meeting/2022	9 September 2022	10 September 2022	Ukraine Kiev	Yearly junket conference in Ukraine funded by sugar daddy Victor Pinchuk.
Yalta European Strategy/Meeting/2023	8 September 2023	9 September 2023	Ukraine Kiev	Yearly junket conference in Ukraine funded by sugar daddy Victor Pinchuk.
Yalta European Strategy/Meeting/2025	13 September 2025	15 September 2025	Ukraine Kiev	Yearly junket conference in Ukraine funded by sugar daddy Victor Pinchuk.

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