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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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June 11, 2024
Diesel Prices Leap Upward as Malaysia Begins Subsidy Reforms
By Sebastian Strangio

June 11, 2024
Thailand’s MFP Remains Defiant as Crucial Court Decision Looms
By Sebastian Strangio

June 07, 2024
76% of Filipinos View China as Country’s ‘Greatest Threat’: Survey
By Sebastian Strangio

June 07, 2024
Vietnam Appoints President’s Ally as New Security Minister
By Sebastian Strangio

June 06, 2024
Indonesia’s President Says New Capital On Track, Despite Resignations
By Sebastian Strangio

June 06, 2024
Myanmar Junta Launches Crackdown on Gold, Currency Traders
By Sebastian Strangio

June 05, 2024
Philippines Accuses China of Seizing Air-Dropped Supplies in South China Sea
By Sebastian Strangio

June 05, 2024
US Defense Secretary Austin Visits Cambodia for Talks With New Leadership
By Sebastian Strangio

June 04, 2024
Junta Airstrike Hits Wedding in Myanmar’s North, Dozens Feared Dead
By Sebastian Strangio

June 04, 2024
Top Officials in Charge of Indonesia’s New Capital Project Step Down
By Sebastian Strangio

June 03, 2024
Indonesia Ready to Send Peacekeepers to Gaza, Prabowo Says
By Sebastian Strangio
