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Sebastian Strangio
Sebastian Strangio is Southeast Asia editor at The Diplomat.
In 2008, he began his career as a reporter at The Phnom Penh Post in Cambodia, and has since traveled and reported extensively across the 10 nations of ASEAN. Sebastian’s writing has appeared in leading publications including Foreign Affairs, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and The New York Times, The Diplomat, and Nikkei Asian Review, among many others. He is the author of “Hun Sen’s Cambodia” (Yale, 2014), a path-breaking examination of Cambodia since the fall of the Khmer Rouge, and “In the Dragon’s Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century“ (Yale, 2020).
Alongside his journalistic work, Sebastian has also consulted for a wide variety of economic risk firms and non-government organizations, and is quoted frequently in the international media on political developments in Southeast Asia. Sebastian holds a B.A. and Master’s degree in international politics from The University of Melbourne. He currently lives in Adelaide.
You can get in touch with Sebastian via Twitter, Facebook, or email.

December 01, 2023
Cambodian PM Affirms Ban on Mekong Hydropower Projects
By Sebastian Strangio

December 01, 2023
German Prosecutor Rejects Petition For Myanmar Criminal Probe
By Sebastian Strangio

November 30, 2023
Myanmar Court Sentences Former Minister to 10 Years Prison
By Sebastian Strangio

November 30, 2023
Indonesia’s Constitutional Court Rejects Challenge to Controversial Election Ruling
By Sebastian Strangio

November 29, 2023
Philippine Government, Communist Rebels Agree to Resume Peace Talks
By Sebastian Strangio

November 29, 2023
Campaigning Begins for Indonesian Presidential Election
By Sebastian Strangio

November 28, 2023
Vietnam, Japan Establish Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
By Sebastian Strangio

November 28, 2023
Myanmar Resistance Alliance Claims Capture of Fourth China Border Gate
By Sebastian Strangio

November 27, 2023
Indonesian Government Claims ‘Positive’ Progress in Myanmar Talks
By Sebastian Strangio

November 27, 2023
Hamas Still Holding 15 Thai Nationals in Gaza, Bangkok Says
By Sebastian Strangio

November 24, 2023
UN Expert Calls For Regional Action on Rohingya Boat Arrivals
By Sebastian Strangio
