Co-hosted by Yale Club of Beijing, Yale Club of Japan, Yale Club of Korea, Yale International Alliance, and Yale Center Beijing

Event Time

Friday, June 19, 2026

China & Singapore Time:
7:00 pm-8:00 pm

Japan & South Korea Time:
8:00 pm-9:00 pm

US East Coast Time:
7:00 am-8:00 am

Registration Format

Registration is required to receive the ZOOM access link, which will be sent shortly to your registered email or phone number. Please enter the Zoom room 15 minutes before the starting time. Once the Zoom room reaches full capacity, latecomers will not be able to join the event. 

Registration

Please click "HERE" further below to register. 
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Language
The event will be in English
 

The Event

Mounting instability in the Middle East has created an unprecedented scarcity of petroleum, natural gas, and materials like naphtha, helium, sulphur and nitrate compounds critical for industrialized society. We have just started to see the shockwaves racing through the global economy, which could dramatically impact trade, transportation, and the manufacture of semiconductors and other manufactured goods.

On June 19, the online seminar “The Impact of Energy Scarcity on the East Asia Economy” will feature experts from Yale community in China, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia. The discussion will examine the implications of this energy and critical materials crisis for East Asia, considering the concrete impact on the economy, and the long-term strategic shifts Japan, China and South Korea may need to make in response to a new environment—with profound implications for everything from supply chains to transportation and agriculture.

Speakers

CHINA

Zhaoyi Zhu
Former Visiting Scholar, Yale Law School's Paul Tsai China Center
Research Associate Professor, Institute of International Economic Studies

Zhaoyi Zhu is a leading Middle East expert in China who serves as Executive Director of the Institute of Middle East Studies at Peking University HSBC Business School and has an affiliation at the Institute of International Economic Studies. He was a Visiting Scholar at the Paul Tsai China Center in Fall 2022.
 

Ke Liu
Chair Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology

Ke Liu is Chair Professor at the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen and former associate director of the National Institute of Clean and Low-Carbon Energy. He also serves as a director at the Center for China and Globalization. He is involved in research on energy issues and the formulation of policy related to the transition away from carbon in China.
 

JAPAN

Kazuo Matsushita
Senior Fellow, Institute of Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) 
Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University

Kazuo Matsushita is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and a Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University. He is also Chairman of the Japan Society for Gross National Happiness (GNH) Studies, Co-Chair of the Think 7 (T7) Japan 2023, and former President of the International Academic Society for Asian Community (ISAC). He served as a Professor at the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies (Global Environmental Policy) at Kyoto University between 2001 to 2013.

Arino Yosuke
Senior Researcher, The Asia Institute
Guest Associate Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University

An expert on Japanese energy policy, Arino Yosuke conducts research on the long-term transition strategy of mitigation and adaptation required for climate resilient development in Asia. He consults on climate vulnerability, resilience, and adaptation to climate change, with a focus on energy issues.

SOUTH KOREA

Ambassador Chung Rae Kwon
Director, Ban Ki Moon Foundation

Ambassador Chung Rae Kwon has served as the leading advocate for a meaningful response to climate change and a rational energy policy in Korea, and globally. As Director at the Ban Ki Moon Foundation, he serves as Chairman of the Steering Committee of the New Climate Innovation. He served previously as the first Ambassador for Climate Change of the Republic of Korea and Director for Environment and Development Division of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).

MALAYSIA

Razib Dawood
Executive Director, The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Centre for Energy (ACE)
Senior Power System Engineer, Senergy (GB)

A leading expert on energy policy in ASEAN, Razib Dawood serves as executive director of the ASEAN Centre for Energy and senior power system engineer at Senergy.
 

The Moderator

Emanuel Pastreich '87
President, The Asia Institute

Emanuel Pastreich is President of the Asia Institute, a think tank that builds bridges across Asia for cooperation in policy and strategy to respond to climate change, the impact of technological change on human society, and the rapidly shifting nature of international relations.