Makio Yamada is a Lecturer at Princeton University (Institute for Transregional Study). He is also a Senior Research Fellow at King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He obtained his doctoral and master’s degrees from University of Oxford (St. Antony’s College) and previously worked at SOAS University of London and Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. His current research focuses on the political economy of Saudi Arabia and re-visiting East Asia’s development experience from the perspective of Arab Gulf countries.

Lunch will be served.