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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
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June 05, 2024

US Defense Secretary Austin Visits Cambodia for Talks With New Leadership

By Sebastian Strangio
The secretary of defense said that he had "substantive conversations" with Prime Minister Hun Manet and other Cambodian officials.
June 04, 2024

Junta Airstrike Hits Wedding in Myanmar’s North, Dozens Feared Dead

By Sebastian Strangio
As the military junta loses ground, it has come to rely more heavily on air strikes to wreak vengeance on resistance-held areas.

June 04, 2024

Top Officials in Charge of Indonesia’s New Capital Project Step Down

By Sebastian Strangio
The resignations of Bambang Susantono and his deputy have raised questions about the future of the multibillion-dollar Nusantara project.

June 03, 2024

Indonesia Ready to Send Peacekeepers to Gaza, Prabowo Says

By Sebastian Strangio
Addressing the Shangri-La Dialogue defense forum in Singapore, the president-elect also called for the U.S. and China to exercise restraint as geopolitical tensions build.

June 03, 2024

Tin Oo, Former General and Founder of Myanmar’s NLD, Dies at 97

By Sebastian Strangio
During his long career, Tin Oo played important roles on both sides of the struggle between the military and the pro-democracy movement.
May 31, 2024

Cambodia to Break Ground on Contentious Canal Project in August

By Sebastian Strangio
In a speech yesterday, Prime Minister Hun Manet said that his government would not afford to "wait for anybody," and would fund the $1.7 billion project itself.

May 31, 2024

Indonesian Court Again Makes Controversial Tweak to Election Rules

By Sebastian Strangio
The Supreme Court ruling will pave the way for President Joko Widodo's youngest son to run in the Jakarta gubernatorial election on November 27.
May 30, 2024

Thai Cabinet Formally Approves Bid For BRICS Membership

By Sebastian Strangio
Bangkok says that membership would help boost the country's global economic and political profile.

May 29, 2024

Philippines Vows to Protect Filipino Fishermen Amid Chinese Fishing Ban

By Sebastian Strangio
The annual ban comes at a time of growing tension between Beijing and Manila in the South China Sea.

May 29, 2024

Malaysia Unveils Plans to Become Next Global Chip Hub

By Sebastian Strangio
Anwar Ibrahim has pitched Malaysia to foreign chipmakers as "the most neutral and non-aligned location for semiconductor production."

May 29, 2024

Former Thai PM Thaksin to be Charged With Royal Defamation

By Sebastian Strangio
The pact between Thaksin's camp and the royalist establishment, which allowed the former leader to return from self-exile last year, may be starting to fray.
May 28, 2024

Asian Synthetic Drug Production Continued to Grow in 2023, UN Says

By Sebastian Strangio
Last year saw East and Southeast Asian governments seize 190 tons of methamphetamine, the largest amount ever recorded in a single year.

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