Kota Watanabe
Organization/Affiliation
Kota Watanabe is a diplomat-turned-political scientist studying contested state building in civil war and its intersection with diplomacy and humanitarian aid in contemporary Myanmar, currently based in New York City. During his ten-year diplomatic career, Kota specialized in Myanmar and became fluent in Burmese. He earned his PhD in Development Studies from SOAS University of London in February 2025.
