Kota Watanabe
Visiting Scholar, Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University
Kota Watanabe is a diplomat-turned-political scientist studying the political economy of civil wars, humanitarian care, and transnational organized crime in contemporary Southeast Asia, with particular emphasis on Myanmar. His current work is supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Overseas Research Fellowship. He earned his Ph.D. in Development Studies from SOAS University of London in 2025.
