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David Hutt
David Hutt is a journalist and commentator. He is a research fellow at the Central European Institute of Asian Studies (CEIAS), and a columnist at The Diplomat and Radio Free Asia.
David Hutt is a journalist and commentator. He is a research fellow at the Central European Institute of Asian Studies (CEIAS), a columnist at The Diplomat and Radio Free Asia, a contributor to the Economist Intelligence Unit and DW, and an associate editor at Contemporary Southeast Asia. He also writes the Watching Europe In Southeast Asia newsletter.
David Hutt has been Southeast Asia columnist at The Diplomat since 2016, writing weekly about Southeast Asian politics. He was formerly based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He was president of the Overseas Press Club of Cambodia between 2018 and 2019. He can be followed on Twitter @davidhuttjourno.

January 13, 2025
Singapore Should Intervene in the Region’s Online Scam Industry
By David Hutt

December 20, 2024
Who’s Afraid of a ‘Cambodia Spring’?
By David Hutt

December 16, 2024
Where Are Southeast Asia’s ‘Cosmopolitan’ Leaders?
By David Hutt

December 10, 2024
Cyberscamming is Southeast Asia’s Incurable Disease
By David Hutt

December 04, 2024
In Singapore, the Hangman’s Noose is Growing Threadbare
By David Hutt

November 26, 2024
Laos Needs a Transparent and Thorough Investigation Into Methanol Deaths
By David Hutt

November 15, 2024
In Not Prosecuting Duterte, Marcos Shows Political and Moral Cowardice
By David Hutt

November 09, 2024
Will a New Golf Course Near Hanoi Cement Trump-Vietnam Relations?
By David Hutt

November 04, 2024
Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia’s Mini-Mahathir, Isn’t ‘Father of the Nation’
By David Hutt

October 24, 2024
What’s Happened to Cambodia’s Thinking Class?
By David Hutt

October 15, 2024
Thai Progressives Have Written a New Script For Political Opposition
By David Hutt
