The East-West Center in Washington invites you to an

Indo- Pacific Foreign Policy and Defense Series Seminar and Book Launch:

Crisis in Myanmar: US Policy Engagement and Options

A Conversation With: 

Erin Murphy

Senior Fellow, Deputy Director of Economics

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Dr. Kyaw Moe Tun (Discussant)

President, Parami University

Ambassador Scot Marciel (Virtual)

Oksenberg-Rohlen Fellow

Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University &

Senior Advisor, BowerGroupAsia

Dr. Satu P. Limaye (Moderator)

Vice President, East-West Center &

Director, East-West Center in Washington

East-West Center in Washington · Crisis in Myanmar: US Policy Engagement and Options

Myanmar has been woven into US foreign policy since WWII, but also mattered economically since well before. Why has Myanmar captured the imagination and attention of senior officials and what impact has it had on the country? In her latest book, Burmese Haze: US Policy and Myanmar’s Opening—and Closing, Ms. Erin Murphy “tells the story of a remarkable political transition and subsequent collapse, taking the story beyond the headlines to explain why Myanmar and US policy toward it is where it is today.” The discussion included insights into US foreign policy in successive administrations and lessons learned that can be applied to the ongoing crisis in the country today.

Wednesday, July 27, 2022 
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
Click here to find your local start time.  

Location: East-West Center in Washington 
1819 L Street, NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036

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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

Erin Murphy is a Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. She has worked on Asia issues since 2001. She has spent her career in several public and private sector roles, including as an analyst on Asian political, foreign policy, and leadership issues at the Central Intelligence Agency, Director for Indo-Pacific at the US International Development Finance Corporation, and leading her boutique advisory firm focused on Myanmar. Erin received her master's degree in Japan Studies and International Economics from Johns Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies, and her bachelor's degree in International Relations and Spanish from Tufts University. She was also a 2017-2018 Hitachi International Affairs Fellow-Japan with the Council on Foreign Relations.

Dr. Kyaw Moe Tun is the president of Parami University, which has recently been established as a private nonprofit online institution licensed under the Higher Education Licensure Commission in Washington DC, with a focus to provide quality formal education to students in Southeast Asia, particularly Burma. He completed his undergraduate education at Bard College at Simon’s Rock (USA) and Oxford University (UK), and received his Ph.D. at Yale University (USA). The transformative liberal arts and sciences education that he received in the US challenged him to find deeper meaning behind his actions. This notion has informed much of his ensuing work. He went back to Burma right after his Ph.D. to dedicate his life to the development of his native country. He believes that empowering the youth is the most rewarding investment that we can make to safeguard its sustainable future. With this mission in mind, Dr. Kyaw Moe Tun led the establishment of a well-regarded postgraduate Parami Institute in early 2017 in Yangon, which served as a precursor to the private nonprofit residential Parami University in 2021, the plan of which was disrupted and put on pause due to the military coup. This led him to establish the DC-based university in collaboration with Bard College in New York. Parami University is welcoming the first cohort of undergraduate students in the fall of 2022

Ambassador Scot Marciel is the Oksenberg-Rohlen Fellow at Stanford University’s Walter H. Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center and a Senior Advisor at BowerGroupAsia. He retired from the U.S. Foreign Service in April 2022 after a 37-year career that included assignments as Ambassador to Myanmar, Ambassador to Indonesia, and Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs. He also served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs and in U.S. Missions in the Philippines, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Turkey, and Brazil. Scot is the author of the forthcoming book, Imperfect Partners: The United States and Southeast Asia. A native of Fremont, California, he holds an MA from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a BA from the University of California at Davis. 

Dr. Satu P. Limaye is Vice President of the East-West Center and the Director of the East-West Center in Washington where he created and now directs the Asia Matters for America initiative and is the founding editor of the Asia Pacific Bulletin. He is also a Senior Advisor at CNA Corp (Center for Naval Analyses). He is a graduate of Georgetown University and received his doctorate from Oxford University (Magdalen College) where he was a George C. Marshall Scholar. He publishes and speaks widely on Indo-Pacific regional issues and supports various U.S. government, foundation, fellowship, and professional organizations. Among his current affiliations are Center for New American Security (CNAS) Task Force on the U.S.-Philippines Alliance, United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Senior Study Group on the North Pacific, Project 2049 Study Group on the U.S.-Australia Alliance, Korea Economic Institute (KEI) Advisory Council, and Global Taiwan Institute-Taiwan Asia Exchange Foundation project. Recent publications include: Southeast Asia’s choices: Economic, political, and geopolitical integration face complications, India in East Asia: Focused on the Quad and Border Disputes with China, and Maintaining the Technology Edge: Strengthening US and Indo-Pacific Alliances to Counter Chinese Technology Acquisition (with Rose Tenyotkin).

The East-West Center in Washington invites you to an

Indo- Pacific Foreign Policy and Defense Series Seminar and Book Launch:

Crisis in Myanmar: US Policy Engagement and Options

A Conversation With: 

Erin Murphy

Senior Fellow, Deputy Director of Economics

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Dr. Kyaw Moe Tun (Discussant)

President, Parami University

Ambassador Scot Marciel (Virtual)

Oksenberg-Rohlen Fellow

Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University &

Senior Advisor, BowerGroupAsia

Dr. Satu P. Limaye (Moderator)

Vice President, East-West Center &

Director, East-West Center in Washington

East-West Center in Washington · Crisis in Myanmar: US Policy Engagement and Options

Myanmar has been woven into US foreign policy since WWII, but also mattered economically since well before. Why has Myanmar captured the imagination and attention of senior officials and what impact has it had on the country? In her latest book, Burmese Haze: US Policy and Myanmar’s Opening—and Closing, Ms. Erin Murphy “tells the story of a remarkable political transition and subsequent collapse, taking the story beyond the headlines to explain why Myanmar and US policy toward it is where it is today.” The discussion included insights into US foreign policy in successive administrations and lessons learned that can be applied to the ongoing crisis in the country today.

Wednesday, July 27, 2022 
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
Click here to find your local start time.  

Location: East-West Center in Washington 
1819 L Street, NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036

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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

Erin Murphy is a Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. She has worked on Asia issues since 2001. She has spent her career in several public and private sector roles, including as an analyst on Asian political, foreign policy, and leadership issues at the Central Intelligence Agency, Director for Indo-Pacific at the US International Development Finance Corporation, and leading her boutique advisory firm focused on Myanmar. Erin received her master's degree in Japan Studies and International Economics from Johns Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies, and her bachelor's degree in International Relations and Spanish from Tufts University. She was also a 2017-2018 Hitachi International Affairs Fellow-Japan with the Council on Foreign Relations.

Dr. Kyaw Moe Tun is the president of Parami University, which has recently been established as a private nonprofit online institution licensed under the Higher Education Licensure Commission in Washington DC, with a focus to provide quality formal education to students in Southeast Asia, particularly Burma. He completed his undergraduate education at Bard College at Simon’s Rock (USA) and Oxford University (UK), and received his Ph.D. at Yale University (USA). The transformative liberal arts and sciences education that he received in the US challenged him to find deeper meaning behind his actions. This notion has informed much of his ensuing work. He went back to Burma right after his Ph.D. to dedicate his life to the development of his native country. He believes that empowering the youth is the most rewarding investment that we can make to safeguard its sustainable future. With this mission in mind, Dr. Kyaw Moe Tun led the establishment of a well-regarded postgraduate Parami Institute in early 2017 in Yangon, which served as a precursor to the private nonprofit residential Parami University in 2021, the plan of which was disrupted and put on pause due to the military coup. This led him to establish the DC-based university in collaboration with Bard College in New York. Parami University is welcoming the first cohort of undergraduate students in the fall of 2022

Ambassador Scot Marciel is the Oksenberg-Rohlen Fellow at Stanford University’s Walter H. Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center and a Senior Advisor at BowerGroupAsia. He retired from the U.S. Foreign Service in April 2022 after a 37-year career that included assignments as Ambassador to Myanmar, Ambassador to Indonesia, and Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs. He also served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs and in U.S. Missions in the Philippines, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Turkey, and Brazil. Scot is the author of the forthcoming book, Imperfect Partners: The United States and Southeast Asia. A native of Fremont, California, he holds an MA from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a BA from the University of California at Davis. 

Dr. Satu P. Limaye is Vice President of the East-West Center and the Director of the East-West Center in Washington where he created and now directs the Asia Matters for America initiative and is the founding editor of the Asia Pacific Bulletin. He is also a Senior Advisor at CNA Corp (Center for Naval Analyses). He is a graduate of Georgetown University and received his doctorate from Oxford University (Magdalen College) where he was a George C. Marshall Scholar. He publishes and speaks widely on Indo-Pacific regional issues and supports various U.S. government, foundation, fellowship, and professional organizations. Among his current affiliations are Center for New American Security (CNAS) Task Force on the U.S.-Philippines Alliance, United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Senior Study Group on the North Pacific, Project 2049 Study Group on the U.S.-Australia Alliance, Korea Economic Institute (KEI) Advisory Council, and Global Taiwan Institute-Taiwan Asia Exchange Foundation project. Recent publications include: Southeast Asia’s choices: Economic, political, and geopolitical integration face complications, India in East Asia: Focused on the Quad and Border Disputes with China, and Maintaining the Technology Edge: Strengthening US and Indo-Pacific Alliances to Counter Chinese Technology Acquisition (with Rose Tenyotkin).