About this Event
The ongoing conflict in the Middle East and the resultant shocks to energy markets have rippled out to Southeast Asia. The impact goes beyond rising fuel prices, with growing risk of disruptions to government finances and policy agendas, political stability, and critical infrastructures and supply chains underpinning economic growth and stability across the region. The crisis has also spurred governments across the region to recalibrate both their economic growth models and their foreign relations to prioritize energy security.
Against this backdrop, this roundtable discussion brings together specialists on the region to examine the consequences of the energy crisis on key countries in Southeast Asia, paying close attention to both economic and political impacts, policy responses, and the implications for geopolitical contestation and ‘energy transitions’ across the region.
Speaker, moderator, & chair biographies
is the Deputy Country Representative at The Asia Foundation in the Philippines, providing leadership across 49 countries' worth of international development and diplomacy experience spanning over 20 years, with a track record in strategic planning, change management, and catalytic development programming. She previously served two terms as Deputy Director General of the Commonwealth Foundation (2012–2019), where she led the organization's strategic architecture across two strategic plans and secured a 2012 mandate from Commonwealth member states to support people's participation in governance, while concurrently directing the Commonwealth People's Forum in Sri Lanka, Malta, and London. Prior to the Commonwealth Foundation, she led GAC-funded governance and peacebuilding programs in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines. Her multidisciplinary specialisation includes participatory governance, feminist intersectionality, peace building and monitoring, evaluation and learnin
is a Lecturer in the Global Politics of China at the School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds. She is an interdisciplinary social scientist specialising in just transitions and industrial decarbonisation. With over 10 years of experience as a political economist, she has concentrated on energy transitions and climate-compatible development across the Asia-Pacific, Europe, and North America, with a particular focus on China's role in regional and global energy dynamics.
is the Country Representative at The Asia Foundation in Lao PDR, providing strategic leadership for programs in governance, environmental resilience, and inclusive economic growth. She previously served as Director of Governance Programs at the Foundation's Mongolia office (2019–2024), leading USAID- and SDC-funded urban and climate governance programming that advanced municipal budget transparency, service digitization, and climate-resilient urban development. Prior to the Foundation, she worked on community relations and sustainable development with UNDP, UNFAO, and multinational corporations across Mongolia, Australia, Canada, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic.
is a researcher and Centre Manager at the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre at the LSE. Her research focuses on authoritarianism, democracy, and promotional politics, with a particular expertise on Thailand.
is Director of the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre, and the Sir Patrick Gillam Professor of International and Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
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Event venue & nearby stays
London School of Economics and Political Science, Cheng Kin Ku Building, London, United Kingdom
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