KONDO Shigeto

Senior Researcher

Expertise

Politics, economy, and energy in Saudi Arabia and other Arab Gulf states.

KONDO Shigeto is a Senior Researcher at the JIME Center of the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ). His expertise includes politics, economy, and energy in GCC countries focusing on Saudi Arabia. He wrote doctoral thesis on Saudi Arabia’s policy on Arab-Israeli conflict and obtained the Ph.D. in Law from Keio University in 2016. Kondo teaches on the contemporary Middle East and international politics as an adjunct lecturer at various universities, and comments frequently in print and television media outlets regarding the foreign policy and economic reform of Saudi Arabia. He was a member of research committee at the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) and other research institutes.

2022-present Secondee, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2019-present Senior Researcher, JIME Center, IEEJ
2015-2019 Research Fellow, JIME Center, IEEJ
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
Publications
  • KONDO, Shigeto. 2022. “Ukraine crisis and Saudi Arabia’s diplomacy: reasons why it does not respond to the request for additional oil outputs,” Chuto Doko Bunseki. (in Japanese)
  • KONDO, Shigeto. 2021. “Saudi Arabia’s climate change diplomacy: circular carbon economy, green initiatives,” Chuto Doko Bunseki. (in Japanese)
  • KONDO, Shigeto. 2020. “Japanese policies toward security and economic issues in the Gulf,” 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. 2016. “Saudi Arabia and Arab-Israeli conflicts: between Arab cause and dependence on the United States,” Keio University Ph.D. Dissertation. (in Japanese)
Academic Professional Career
  • Part-time Lecturer at Aoyama Gakuin University (2016-present)
  • Part-time Lecturer at Keio University (2017-2020)
  • Part-time Lecturer at Toyo Eiwa University (2017-present)
    Other Major Professional Career
    • The Japan Association of International Relations
    • Japan Association for Middle East Studies