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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.
January 25, 2023
Sri Lanka’s Steep Climb Out of the Economic Abyss
By Luke Hunt
January 11, 2023
Nate Thayer, Dead at 62, and Stories That Still Resonate
By Luke Hunt
January 09, 2023
Locking Horns With the Khmer Rouge
By Luke Hunt
December 29, 2022
ASEAN-EU Trade Deal is Still a Distant Dream
By Luke Hunt
December 21, 2022
Myanmar’s NUG Welcomes the Passage of the U.S. BURMA Act
By Luke Hunt
December 14, 2022
Rebuilding Cambodia and Leaving
By Luke Hunt
December 08, 2022
Screaming for Mercy, All Along the Mekong
By Luke Hunt
December 01, 2022
Three Southeast Asian Summits in a Redefined World
By Luke Hunt
November 25, 2022
Sworn in, Anwar Gets to Work as Malaysia’s Prime Minister
By Luke Hunt
November 14, 2022
Global Leaders Grapple With Global Challenges During Cambodia Summits
By Luke Hunt
November 07, 2022
Hun Sen Adds Some Bite to Upcoming ASEAN Summits
By Luke Hunt
