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Sebastian Strangio

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.

Posts by Sebastian Strangio
December 03, 2024

Vietnam’s National Assembly Approves High-Speed Rail Project

By Sebastian Strangio
The rail line, which will link the southern metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City to the capital Hanoi, is expected to cost $67 billion.

December 03, 2024

Indonesia Yet to Create Joint Maritime Development Areas With China, FM Says

By Sebastian Strangio
Sugiono has played down the significance of a joint statement that appeared to recognize China's expansive claims in the South China Sea.
December 02, 2024

US Announces Fresh Round of Duties on Solar Imports From Southeast Asia

By Sebastian Strangio
The Commerce Department says that Chinese firms based in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Malaysia are flooding the U.S. market with artificially cheap solar panels.

December 02, 2024

Myanmar Navy Fires At Thai Fishing Boats, Detains 31 Crew

By Sebastian Strangio
Thailand continues to experience the backwash from the internal ructions in Myanmar.

November 28, 2024

Indonesian President’s Coalition Set For Victory in Regional Elections

By Sebastian Strangio
Provisional results show Prabowo Subianto's Onward Indonesia Coalition dominating in key provinces, but the opposition is set to win in the capital Jakarta.

November 28, 2024

ICC Prosecutor Requests Arrest Warrant for Myanmar Junta Chief

By Sebastian Strangio
Min Aung Hlaing has been accused of crimes against humanity for the deportation and persecution of Rohingya civilians in 2017.
November 27, 2024

Philippine Vice President Denies Planning to Kill President Marcos

By Sebastian Strangio
Sara Duterte's references to the EDSA Revolution, which overthrew Marcos' father in 1986, have pushed their rivalry into a more ominous phase.

November 27, 2024

Myanmar Resistance Group Says It Is Willing to Negotiate With Junta

By Sebastian Strangio
The Ta'ang National Liberation Army is one of several rebel groups that have inflicted serious defeats on the Myanmar military over the past year.

November 26, 2024

Malaysia and South Korea Pledge Deeper Cooperation on Defense, Trade

By Sebastian Strangio
Anwar Ibrahim and Yoon Suk-yeol say their governments aim to finalize a free trade agreement by next year.

November 26, 2024

Myanmar’s Civil Disobedience Movement, From the Inside

By Sebastian Strangio
“Everyone just reached a point where they couldn’t bear to work under the military anymore.”

November 26, 2024

Philippines’ President Marcos Condemns Vice President’s Assassination Threat

By Sebastian Strangio
The intensifying feud between the Marcos and Duterte camps looks set to reshape Philippine politics in the run-up to the next presidential election in 2028.
November 25, 2024

Cambodian Authorities Arrest Environmentalists For Investigating Illegal Logging

By Sebastian Strangio
The group included Ouch Leng, who has been awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for his undercover investigations.

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