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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 09, 2017
Cambodia: Past, Present, and Future
By Luke Hunt
August 03, 2017
Indonesia New North Natuna Sea: A Response to an Old China Problem
By Luke Hunt
July 21, 2017
Why Thailand’s Big Trafficking Trial Is Just a Small Victory
By Luke Hunt
July 14, 2017
Hong Kong's Voice of Discontent
By Luke Hunt
July 12, 2017
Cambodia Remembers Murdered Government Critic as Elections Loom
By Luke Hunt
July 07, 2017
Why Vietnam’s Motorbike Ban Makes No Sense
By Luke Hunt
June 30, 2017
Why 1997 Was Asia’s Perfect Storm
By Luke Hunt
June 29, 2017
Why Is Myanmar's Peace Process Still Failing?
By Luke Hunt
June 19, 2017
The Unsinkable Najib Razak
By Luke Hunt
June 17, 2017
Singapore's Squabbling Lees Back in the Limelight
By Luke Hunt
June 06, 2017
Hun Sen Scores Victory in Cambodia’s Commune Elections
By Luke Hunt
