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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.
September 03, 2015
How Hard Will the Great Fall of China Hit ASEAN?
By Luke Hunt
August 26, 2015
Who Will Claim Responsibility for the Recent Bangkok Bombing?
By Luke Hunt
August 21, 2015
Vietnam Warns of Coming Economic Bombshell for Mainland Southeast Asia
By Luke Hunt
August 14, 2015
Myanmar's Purge a Blow to Reform
By Luke Hunt
August 10, 2015
Cambodia’s Well-Heeled Military Patrons
By Luke Hunt
August 07, 2015
North Korea's Leader Wins Indonesian Peace Award
By Luke Hunt
July 31, 2015
The Trouble with the US Human Trafficking Report
By Luke Hunt
July 24, 2015
New Jailings Expose the Farce of Cambodia’s 'Culture of Dialogue'
By Luke Hunt
July 15, 2015
What's Behind Malaysia's Pile of Missing Money?
By Luke Hunt
July 09, 2015
Resignation Casts Further Doubts Over Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia
By Luke Hunt
July 02, 2015
Saving the Great Barrier Reef
By Luke Hunt
