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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.

November 04, 2024
4 Thai Laborers Killed in Northern Israel, Thai Government Says
By Sebastian Strangio

November 01, 2024
Indonesia’s Constitutional Court Orders Changes to Contentious Jobs Law
By Sebastian Strangio

November 01, 2024
Vietnam Spratly Island Construction Continuing at Rapid Pace, Report Says
By Sebastian Strangio

October 31, 2024
Vietnamese Court Sentences Dissident Blogger to 12 Years in Prison
By Sebastian Strangio

October 30, 2024
Indonesia’s Prabowo to Visit China, US on First Foreign Trip
By Sebastian Strangio

October 30, 2024
Malaysian Court Rules Evidence Sufficient for Second 1MDB Trial to Proceed
By Sebastian Strangio

October 30, 2024
EU Announces Sanctions on Myanmar Militia Involved in Online Scams
By Sebastian Strangio

October 29, 2024
Vietnam Signs Economic Partnership Agreement With United Arab Emirates
By Sebastian Strangio

October 29, 2024
In Senate Testimony, Former Philippine President Duterte Defends ‘Drug War’
By Sebastian Strangio

October 28, 2024
House Arrest Bill Not Related to Najib Case, Malaysia’s Government Says
By Sebastian Strangio

October 28, 2024
Indonesia’s President Prabowo Inaugurates Cabinet With Military-Style Retreat
By Sebastian Strangio
