Neil Quilliam

Dr. Neil Quilliam is a foreign affairs specialist with extensive experience consulting with government officials and corporate clients on geopolitics and energy issues in the Middle East. Neil is an Associate Fellow in the MENA programme at Chatham House, Partner at Azure Strategy and Energy Research Director at SRMG Think. His previous positions include Senior Energy Adviser to the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Director at Rapidan Energy Group. Neil’s most recent publications include Syria’s Revolution Fulfilled: The Demise of the Assads, (London: Reaktion Books, forthcoming 2026); Realism in Action: Syria at War, (London: Agenda, 2024); Saudi Youth Policies and Processes (London: Springer, 2024) and Policy-Making in the GCC: State, Citizens and Institution (London: IB Tauris, 2017).