Researchers

KONDO, Shigeto, PhD
KONDO, Shigeto, PhD

Senior Researcher, JIME Center

Fields of Study: International relations of the Arab Gulf states, Foreign Policies, Economy and Energy of Saudi Arabia.

2022 Secondee, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center
2019 - present Senior Researcher, JIME Center, IEEJ
2015 - 2019 Research Fellow, JIME Center-IEEJ (Institute of Energy Economics, Japan)
2011 - 2016 Ph.D in Law, Keio University (Graduate School of Law), Tokyo, Japan
2008 - 2011 M.A. in Law, Keio University (Graduate School of Law), Tokyo, Japan
2004 - 2008 B.A. in International Relations, College of International Studies, University of Tsukuba

Research Papers:

  • KONDO, Shigeto. 2021. “Saudi Arabia’s Climate Change Policies : Circular Carbon Economy, Grenn Initiatives, and Puisuit of National Interests,“ Chuto Doko Bunseki. (in Japanese)
  • KONDO, Shigeto. 2020. “Security and Economy in the Gulf States : From the Perspectives of Saudi Arabia and the United States,” Chuto Doko Bunseki. (in Japanese)
  • KONDO, Shigeto. 2019. “Saudi Aramco’s Fiscal Situation and the relationship with the Government,”
    Chuto Doko Bunseki. (in Japanese)
  • KONDO, Shigeto. 2018. “Saudi Arabia’s Israel Policy: New Development during Trump’s presidency,”
    Chuto Doko Bunseki. (in Japanese)
  • KONDO, Shigeto. 2017. “Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030: Possibilities and Limitations,” Chuto Doko Bunseki.
    (in Japanese)
  • KONDO, Shigeto. 2014. “Saudi Arabia's Palestine Policies and the United States, 1945-1948,” Journal of Law and Political Science, 101: 165-195. (in Japanese)
  • KONDO, Shigeto. 2013. “Oil Policies of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait during the First Oil Crisis, 1970-1974,” Journal of Law and Political Science, 97: 35-65. (in Japanese)

Presentations etc.:

  • KONDO, Shigeto. 2021. “Shift in Energy Sources and Its Potential Impact on Climate Change and Economic Growth of OPEC Members,” TRENDS E-Symposium Climate Change and Economic Growth Sustainability,
    28 September.
  • KONDO, Shigeto. 2018. “GCC’s Economic Relationships with Jordan and Morocco: Comparative Perspective,” Comparative Studies of Islamic Areas: New Actors, Fresh Angles, (Waseda University), 29 September.
  • KONDO, Shigeto. 2016, “Japanese Policy on the Middle East and Oil,” Seminar
    (Shanghai International Studies University), 2 October.
  • KONDO, Shigeto. 2014. “Saudi Arabia’s Palestine Policy and the United States, 1945-1948,” The 10th Conference of Asian Federation of Middle East Studies Associations (AFMA), Kyoto University, 13 December
  • KONDO, Shigeto. 2012, “Arab Oil Weapon of 1973: Any Lesson for Today's GCC - East Asian Relations?,”
    The 21st KAMES & The 9th AFMA International Symposium (Busan: Busan University of Foreign Studies) 5 October.
  • KONDO, Shigeto. 2011, “'Small State's Diplomacy' during the First Oil Crisis, the Case of Kuwait, 1970-73,” 2011 Middle East and Islamic Studies in Japan: The State of the Art (Beirut: Japan Center for Middle Eastern Studies) 25 November.
  • KONDO, Shigeto. 2011. “Kuwait's Diplomacy and the First Oil Crisis,” The 2011 Gulf Studies Conference (Exeter: University of Exeter) 2 July.

Activity on Committee etc.

  • The Japan Association of International Relations
  • Japan Association for Middle East Studies