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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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July 18, 2025
Philippine President Marcos to Meet with Trump in Washington
By Sebastian Strangio

July 18, 2025
US Solar Manufacturers Seek New Tariffs on Imports From India, Southeast Asia
By Sebastian Strangio

July 17, 2025
Former Thai PM Thaksin Gives Testimony in Lese-majeste Case
By Sebastian Strangio

July 17, 2025
Pressure Builds on Malaysia to Reject US Ambassadorial Nominee
By Sebastian Strangio

July 16, 2025
Thai Police Raid More Properties Linked to Cambodian Tycoon
By Sebastian Strangio

July 16, 2025
As Deadline Approaches, Trump Announces Tariff Deal With Indonesia
By Sebastian Strangio

July 15, 2025
Ian Storey on Russia’s Turn to Southeast Asia
By Sebastian Strangio

July 15, 2025
Thailand Anti-graft Body Says It Will Probe Suspended PM Over Leaked Call
By Sebastian Strangio

July 15, 2025
Cambodia to Begin Military Conscription Amid Thai Border Dispute, PM Says
By Sebastian Strangio

July 14, 2025
Khmer Rouge Execution, Torture Sites Added to UNESCO World Heritage List
By Sebastian Strangio

July 14, 2025
Indonesia, EU Announce Agreement to Advance Free Trade Pact
By Sebastian Strangio
