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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.
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March 24, 2023
Laos Takes Another Step Forward on Controversial Mekong Dam
By Sebastian Strangio

March 24, 2023
China, Philippines Open Bilateral ‘Consultative’ Talks in Manila
By Sebastian Strangio

March 23, 2023
Philippines’ Marcos Defends Closer Security Relations With Washington
By Sebastian Strangio

March 23, 2023
Indonesian Parliament Passes Emergency Jobs Regulation
By Sebastian Strangio

March 22, 2023
Cambodia Arrests Opposition Activists for Posts About Country’s King
By Sebastian Strangio

March 22, 2023
Singapore Court Suspends Death Row Lawyer For Five Years
By Sebastian Strangio

March 21, 2023
US, Philippines Break Ground on $25 Million Runway Rehabilitation Project
By Sebastian Strangio

March 21, 2023
Thai PM Dissolves Parliament, Paving Way For May Election
By Sebastian Strangio

March 20, 2023
UN Participating in Pilot Rohingya Repatriation Project, Despite Safety Concerns
By Sebastian Strangio

March 20, 2023
Indonesia’s Jokowi Restores Citizenship to Political Exiles
By Sebastian Strangio

March 17, 2023
Malaysian Official Says EU Regulation ‘Discrimination’ Against Small Farmers
By Sebastian Strangio
