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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.
October 24, 2017
Will Australia Finally Get a Space Agency?
By Luke Hunt
October 14, 2017
Indonesia’s West Papua Headache Continues
By Luke Hunt
October 13, 2017
China’s Cooling Economy is a Warning for ASEAN
By Luke Hunt
October 09, 2017
A Stronger Australia in Southeast Asia?
By Luke Hunt
September 21, 2017
The Problem With Suu Kyi’s Rohingya Speech in Myanmar
By Luke Hunt
September 15, 2017
Does an ASEAN Agreement Mean Progress for RCEP?
By Luke Hunt
September 09, 2017
Can a North Korea Nightmare Fuel South Korea’s ASEAN Dream?
By Luke Hunt
September 07, 2017
Myanmar's Rohingya Crisis Escalates
By Luke Hunt
September 01, 2017
What Does Hun Sen’s Big Tax Hunt Mean for Cambodia?
By Luke Hunt
August 29, 2017
China-Thailand Rail Project: New Movement, Old Problems?
By Luke Hunt
August 16, 2017
What’s Behind the New Cambodia-Laos Border Crisis?
By Luke Hunt