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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 05, 2021
ASEAN Readies Regional COVID-19 Vaccine Certificate
By Sebastian Strangio

March 05, 2021
US Imposes Trade Restrictions on Myanmar’s Military Junta
By Sebastian Strangio

March 04, 2021
UNESCO Calls for Heritage Assessment for Lao Hydropower Dam
By Sebastian Strangio

March 04, 2021
Facebook Removes Pages and Accounts Linked to Thailand’s Military
By Sebastian Strangio

March 03, 2021
As Myanmar Crisis Grows, Dispute Breaks Out Over Country’s UN Seat
By Sebastian Strangio

March 03, 2021
ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meet to Discuss Myanmar Crisis
By Sebastian Strangio

March 02, 2021
Cambodian Court Sentences Opposition Leader to Heavy Prison Term
By Sebastian Strangio

March 02, 2021
ASEAN Prepares to Convene First Meeting on Myanmar Crisis
By Sebastian Strangio

March 01, 2021
Elections to Follow COVID-19 Emergency, Malaysian PM Promises
By Sebastian Strangio

March 01, 2021
At Least 18 Killed in Crackdown as Myanmar Protests Continue to Grow
By Sebastian Strangio

February 26, 2021
Is a Coup Worse Than a Genocide?
By Sebastian Strangio
