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Luke Hunt
Luke Hunt is a Southeast Asia correspondent for The Diplomat. He has spent three decades working in the region and produces the Beyond the Mekong podcast. He can be followed on Patreon and X – formerly Twitter.
He served as bureau chief for Agence France-Presse in Cambodia and in Afghanistan under Taliban occupation – where he was commended by the United Nations for the “best and most insightful” coverage of the Afghan civil war. Hunt also covered the U.S.-led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, and the Global War on Terrorism that followed, specializing in Islamic militancy.
Throughout the 2010s, Hunt focused on civil conflict and uprisings from the Middle East to East Asia and as an adjunct professor wrote the course War, Media & International Relations for Pannasastra University in Cambodia. He is the author of the “Punji Trap” and co-author of “Barings Lost” and is the recipient of several awards including the Hong Kong Human Rights Press Awards, Society of Publishers in Asia, and the World Association of Newspapers.
Follow him on X at @lukeanthonyhunt.
August 26, 2021
The Taliban, 9/11 and An American Evacuation
By Luke Hunt
August 19, 2021
The Last Stand by Pol Pot’s Last Man
By Luke Hunt
August 16, 2021
Kabul Is Not Quite Saigon, and It Was All Too Easy
By Luke Hunt
August 06, 2021
After 15 Years, Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge Tribunal Nears Its End
By Luke Hunt
July 28, 2021
In Vietnam, Civil Society Is Picking up the Slack Where Authorities Struggle
By Luke Hunt
July 22, 2021
A Foreign Correspondent in Academia
By Luke Hunt
July 19, 2021
Myanmar’s Generals Are Struggling to Tell Their Story
By Luke Hunt
July 13, 2021
6 Out of 10 ASEAN Leaders Listed in RSF’s Gallery of ‘Press Predators’
By Luke Hunt
June 29, 2021
Timor-Leste’s Bid for ASEAN Membership Tarnished by Myanmar Vote
By Luke Hunt
June 21, 2021
Southeast Asia’s Difficult Road Ahead
By Luke Hunt
June 09, 2021
The Withdrawal from Afghanistan by US and Allied Forces
By Luke Hunt
