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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.
March 16, 2017
Myanmar's Rohingya Crackdown 'Crimes Against Humanity': Top UN Official
By Luke Hunt
March 13, 2017
Is the North Korea Crisis a Gift for Malaysia’s Najib?
By Luke Hunt
March 03, 2017
Duterte’s Wars Aren’t Working for the Philippines
By Luke Hunt
February 24, 2017
Why Angelina Jolie's New Cambodia Movie Matters
By Luke Hunt
February 14, 2017
Why Did Cambodia's Opposition Leader Quit?
By Luke Hunt
February 11, 2017
US Begins Vetting Asylum Seekers on Papua New Guinea
By Luke Hunt
February 01, 2017
Is ASEAN Really Worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize?
By Luke Hunt
February 01, 2017
Are Duterte's Drug War Killings Crimes Against Humanity?
By Luke Hunt
January 31, 2017
Najib’s Window Dressing Can't Hide Malaysia's Woes
By Luke Hunt
January 19, 2017
Cambodia Remembers the Mixed Blessings of Diana's Demining Legacy
By Luke Hunt
January 12, 2017
Vietnam's Religious Law: Testing the Faithful
By Luke Hunt
