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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.
June 14, 2016
A Moment of Clarity at Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge Tribunal
By Luke Hunt
June 07, 2016
The Tragic Tale of Thailand’s Tiger Temple
By Luke Hunt
May 27, 2016
East Timor Hopes for ASEAN Membership by 2017
By Luke Hunt
May 17, 2016
Why Restoring Cambodia's Lost Tigers May be a Good Idea
By Luke Hunt
May 13, 2016
Opening Night: A Speech for an Australian Prime Minister
By Luke Hunt
May 11, 2016
Malaysia’s Najib Has Little to Cheer Over Sarawak Triumph
By Luke Hunt
May 07, 2016
Vietnam Positioning to Impress Ahead of Obama's Visit
By Luke Hunt
April 27, 2016
New Abu Sayyaf Beheading Should Spark Canada Rethink
By Luke Hunt
April 22, 2016
A New Round of Indonesia Executions?
By Luke Hunt
April 14, 2016
Where Is Southeast Asia in the Panama Papers?
By Luke Hunt
April 08, 2016
What’s the Future of Mainland Southeast Asia’s Garment Industry?
By Luke Hunt