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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.

June 20, 2022
Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha’s Divorce of Necessity in Cambodia
By David Hutt

June 17, 2022
Why Is the EU Quiet Over Myanmar Junta’s Planned Executions?
By David Hutt and Kristina Kironska

June 09, 2022
Putting a Positive Spin on Cambodia’s Local Election
By David Hutt

May 04, 2022
The Enduring Role of Mistresses in Southeast Asian Politics
By David Hutt

April 07, 2022
Southeast Asia’s Leaders Are the Right Age
By David Hutt

February 25, 2022
Why Southeast Asians Should Care About the Ukraine Crisis
By David Hutt

February 18, 2022
The Indo-Pacific Should Not Command All of US Attention
By David Hutt

February 10, 2022
Is Or Vandine Cambodia’s Future?
By David Hutt

February 04, 2022
Why Doesn’t the West Sell Weapons to Myanmar’s Anti-Junta Rebels?
By David Hutt

January 14, 2022
Has the ASEAN Chair Become Too Powerful?
By David Hutt

January 10, 2022
Washington Needs to Sort Out Its Ambassadors to Southeast Asia
By David Hutt
