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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.

June 19, 2024
China and the Philippines Inch Closer to Conflict in the South China Sea
By Sebastian Strangio

June 19, 2024
Thai Courts Set Next Hearing Dates in High-Profile Legal Cases
By Sebastian Strangio

June 18, 2024
Former Thai PM Thaksin Formally Charged With Royal Defamation
By Sebastian Strangio

June 18, 2024
US Government Criticizes Vietnam’s Decision to Host Russia’s Putin
By Sebastian Strangio

June 17, 2024
Philippine DOH Wants Answers on US ‘Anti-Vax’ Influence Campaign
By Sebastian Strangio

June 17, 2024
Myanmar Armed Group Calls for Evacuation as It Approaches Border Town
By Sebastian Strangio

June 14, 2024
Exiled Montagnard Activist in Thailand at Risk of Deportation to Vietnam, Rights Groups Say
By Sebastian Strangio

June 14, 2024
Russia’s Putin Set to Visit Vietnam Next Week, Reports Claim
By Sebastian Strangio

June 13, 2024
Indonesia’s Prabowo Meets With US Secretary of State Over Gaza
By Sebastian Strangio

June 13, 2024
Myanmar Growth to Remain Stagnant As Conflict, Displacement Spreads
By Sebastian Strangio

June 12, 2024
Will Thailand’s Continued Political Instability Hamstring Its Economic Recovery?
By Sebastian Strangio
