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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.

July 06, 2022
Inflation in Laos Reaches 22-Year High as Economic Crisis Worsens
By Sebastian Strangio

July 06, 2022
Campaigners Urge Clemency Ahead of Singapore Drug Executions
By Sebastian Strangio

July 05, 2022
Russian Foreign Minister to Visit Vietnam Ahead of G-20
By Sebastian Strangio

July 05, 2022
Chinese FM Pledges ‘Closer’ Ties with Myanmar’s Military Government
By Sebastian Strangio

July 01, 2022
Myanmar Apologizes After Jet Fighter Violated Thai Airspace
By Sebastian Strangio

July 01, 2022
Jokowi Says Russia Agrees to Permit Vital Exports From Ukraine
By Sebastian Strangio

June 30, 2022
Indonesia Shuts Down Bar Chain Following Blasphemy Controversy
By Sebastian Strangio

June 30, 2022
ASEAN Special Envoy Begins Second Official Mission to Myanmar
By Sebastian Strangio

June 29, 2022
Opinion Poll Reveals Australian Public’s Collapsing Trust in China
By Sebastian Strangio

June 29, 2022
Philippine Authorities Order News Site Rappler to Shut Down
By Sebastian Strangio

June 28, 2022
Report Reveals Inhumane Conditions in Malaysia’s Immigration Detention Centers
By Sebastian Strangio
