You are invited to a Webinar conversation with Ambassador Scot Marciel.

Myanmar’s Struggle for Peace and Democracy

Topics discussed will include Myanmar’s modern political history, focusing on both the struggle for democracy and the decades-long conflict between ethnic groups, the coup earlier this year and the rapid deterioration of the situation since then, including a horrific outbreak of Covid that is now ongoing. Finally, a discussion of why it matters for the United States.

Presenter: Ambassador Scot Marciel is Visiting Scholar, Visiting Practitioner Fellow on Southeast Asia at the Stanford University Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) for the 2020-2021 academic year.

He served as U.S. Ambassador to Myanmar from March 2016 through May 2020, leading a mission of 500 employees during the difficult Rohingya crisis and a challenging time for both Myanmar’s democratic transition and the United States-Myanmar relationship. Prior to serving in Myanmar, Ambassador Marciel served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asia and the Pacific at the State Department, where he oversaw U.S. relations with Southeast Asia.

From 2010 to 2013, Scot Marciel served as U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country. He led a mission of some 1000 employees, expanding business ties, launching a new U.S.-Indonesia partnership, and rebuilding U.S.-Indonesian military-military relations. Prior to that, he served concurrently as the first U.S. Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Southeast Asia from 2007 to 2010.

Ambassador Marciel is a career diplomat with 35 years of experience in Asia and around the world. In addition to the assignments noted above, he has served at U.S. missions in Turkey, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Brazil and the Philippines. At the State Department in Washington, he served as Director of the Office of Maritime Southeast Asia, Director of the Office of Mainland Southeast Asia, and Director of the Office of Southern European Affairs. He also was Deputy Director of the Office of Monetary Affairs in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs.

Ambassador Marciel earned an MA from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and a BA in International Relations from the University of California at Davis. He was born and raised in Fremont, California, and is married with two children.