2017
- ‘East Asia-West Asia Energy Transactions: Past, Present and Future’, A Panel on the study of West Asia (서아시아 연구의 현황과 전망), Seoul National University Asia Center (December 15, 2017)
- ‘アジアを結ぶ?「一帯一路」の地政学: The Geopolitics of the Belt and Road Initiative’, The 58th SGRA Forum, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan (November 18, 2017)
- ‘Gaining Leverage on Energy: East Asia’s Bid for a Buyers Market in the Global Gas Game’, Asia Future Conference, Seoul, South Korea (August 24-28, 2019, scheduled); preliminary draft presented at the Trilateral Young Scholars/Research Exchange Program, Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat, Seoul, Korea (August 7-10, 2017)
- ‘Securing Energy from the Gulf amid Geopolitical Strife: Japan and South Korea’s Relations with the GCC in a New Energy Order’, Gulf Research Meeting, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom (August 1-4, 2017)
- ‘Looking West: Power Vacuum, Engagement and China’s Economic and Military Interests in the Middle East’, Association of Chinese Political Studies Annual Conference, Nankai University (June 10-11, 2017); ISA Asia-Pacific, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong (June 15-18, 2017)
- ‘The Rise of Protectionism in the West and Its Impact on the East’, keynote speech for FRAGOMEN APAC Immigration Conference: Conquering Tough Terrain, InterContinental, Singapore (June 6-8, 2017)
- ‘Theoretical Framework of Institutional Variance’, Wesleyan Workshop on East Asia, Middletown, CT USA (May 19-20, 2017)
- ‘Compromise and Losses in Multilateral Negotiations: The Iran Nuclear Deal and the Diminishing Petrodollar Dominance’, Political Economy Cluster Seminar, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore (May 11, 2017)
- ‘Trade & Currency Conflict: Northeast Asian States Responses to US Pressures’, Institute of Social Science, the University of Tokyo, Japan (January 18, 2017); School Research Seminar, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (April 13, 2017 FLYER)
- ‘Beyond Oil and the New Silk Road in the Middle East: China’s Geoeconomics Approach to Iran post-Sanctions’, The Hallsworth Conference on China and the Changing Global Order, University of Manchester & University of Warwick, United Kingdom (March 23-24, 2017 PROGRAMME)
- ‘Perennial Issues on North Korea: Missile Tests, Regime Stability, and US-China Relations’ with David Santoro and Carl Baker, Young Leaders Programme Singapore of the Pacific Forum CSIS, Singapore (February 27, 2017 FLYER)
- ‘A Cautionary Tale: The Political Economy of Renminbi Internationalization: The U.S.-China Contest and the East Asian Regional Order in Finance’, CAG-GSEC Workshop, Keio University, Japan (January 16-17, 2017)
