Professor Alan Riley, Professor, City University London & Associates Research Fellow, Center for European Policy Studies, Brussels

In the energy field Professor Riley has studied a number of questions concerning market liberalization and market regulation in both the Russian and European Union gas markets. He is currently working on a major paper examining the legal and geostrategic implications of the unconventional gas revolution. 
 
Professor Riley’s recent energy publications include: The Russian Gas Deficit: Consequences and Solutions (2006) CEPS Brussels; Energy Security, Gas Market Liberalisation and our Energy Relationship with Russia (2007) European Parliament, Foreign Affairs Committee paper; Nordstream and Economic and Market Analysis of the North European Pipeline Project (2008-2009) European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee paper; De-Weaponising the Energy Weapon, House of Commons Defence Select Committee (2009); Can Nordstream and Southstream Survive in a  Changing Gas Market? OGEL Special Issue EU-Russia Relations (2009); The EU-Russia Energy Relationship: Will the Yukos Decision Trigger a Fundamental Reassessment in Moscow? (2010) IELR 36-41; European Unconventional Gas Resources as an Alternative to Dependency on Russia (2011) Kosciuszko Institute shale gas report, August 2011.

Professor Riley is an adviser to governments, EU institutions, NGOs and corporations on major strategic problems concerning abuse of dominance, price-fixing and merger cases, as well as in relation to strategic problems found in the global and European energy markets.

Professor Riley is a Research Fellow of the British think tank ResPublica and an Associate Research Fellow of the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels. He is also a regular guest columnist on energy and legal issues with the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.