Biography

In 2007 the Gates Scholarship allowed me to leave the practice of law to study International Relations at Cambridge. My MPhil dissertation drew on my experience of working on the Saddam Hussein trial in 2005 and examined the use of Joint Criminal Enterprise Liability in the Iraqi High Tribunal. My PhD research then explored the legal twilight surrounding the private military and security industry and allowed me to gain the expertise to become one of the leading experts on matters relating to the regulation, governance and oversight of private security companies. After graduating, I established I.R. Consilium, first as a UK company, and now as a US company, through which we provide advice and assistance on issues of international affairs, particularly at the intersection of law and security. In recent years, I was also: a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council where I led the largest study ever published on downstream oil theft and related hydrocarbons crime; an Adjunct Professor of Maritime Law and Security at the US Department of Defense's Africa Center for Strategic Studies; a Maritime Crime Expert for the UN Office on Drugs and Crime's Global Maritime Crime Programme; and a "Key Opinion Former on Maritime Security" at NATO. More recently, I became president of Auxilium Worldwide, a charitable organization that works around the world on projects and programs in furtherance of global harmony.

Previous Education

University of Cambridge MPhil International Relations; PhD Politics & International Studies 2011
College of William and Mary Juris Doctor (Law) 2005
University of Maryland (Baltimore County) BA Modern Languages & Linguistics; MA Intercutrual Communication 2002

Links

http://irconsilium.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianralby