Meet Dr. Ian Ralby

President 

Dr. Ian Ralby is President of Auxilium Worldwide as well as the head of our Ocean Governance efforts.  He is a globally recognized expert in seven main areas: 1) maritime law and security, especially identifying and addressing evolving threats; 2) maritime domain awareness and the leveraging of different technologies and data sources for analyzing the maritime space; 3) countering innovative and emerging forms of hostility including hybrid aggression, lawfare and “unlawfare,” 4) maritime strategy that integrates security, governance and the maritime economy; 5) recognizing and countering resource-related crimes, including illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing together with related maritime offenses; 6) regulating, governing, and overseeing private security companies;  and 7) certain aspects of international law including the legal regimes around floating armories, protection of submarine cables and the use of force by armed contractors.

Having worked in more than 95 different countries, Dr. Ralby has direct experience with a wide spectrum of the undesirable things that happen on and in the water.  He serves as an expert advisor on both traditional and emerging maritime security threats and he has worked with more than 135 navies and coast guards across the globe. He also maintains affiliations as a fellow or adjunct with a number of different institutions including the US Naval War College and the Center for Maritime Strategy. He earned a B.A. in Modern Languages and Linguistics and an M.A. in Intercultural Communication from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County; a J.D. at William and Mary; and both an M.Phil. in International Relations and a Ph.D. in Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge.