David Hutt

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 is a research fellow at the Central European Institute of Asian Studies (CEIAS), an independent think-tank. He covers Southeast Asian affairs for Asia Times; Europe-Asia relations for Deutsche Welle; and European politics for Euronews. His work has been published by Foreign Policy, Nikkei Asia, South China Morning Post, World Politics Review, and other international publications. He was previously a reporter at Southeast Asia Globe magazine and the editor of Focus Asean magazine. He was president of the Overseas Press Club of Cambodia between 2018 and 2019. He can be followed on Twitter @davidhuttjourno