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

June 03, 2024
Tin Oo, Former General and Founder of Myanmar’s NLD, Dies at 97
By Sebastian Strangio

May 31, 2024
Cambodia to Break Ground on Contentious Canal Project in August
By Sebastian Strangio

May 31, 2024
Indonesian Court Again Makes Controversial Tweak to Election Rules
By Sebastian Strangio

May 30, 2024
Thai Cabinet Formally Approves Bid For BRICS Membership
By Sebastian Strangio

May 29, 2024
Philippines Vows to Protect Filipino Fishermen Amid Chinese Fishing Ban
By Sebastian Strangio

May 29, 2024
Malaysia Unveils Plans to Become Next Global Chip Hub
By Sebastian Strangio

May 29, 2024
Former Thai PM Thaksin to be Charged With Royal Defamation
By Sebastian Strangio

May 28, 2024
Asian Synthetic Drug Production Continued to Grow in 2023, UN Says
By Sebastian Strangio

May 28, 2024
Two More Thai Activists Sentenced to Prison on Lese-Majeste Charges
By Sebastian Strangio

May 27, 2024
UN Details ‘Disturbing’ New Atrocities Against Myanmar’s Rohingya
By Sebastian Strangio
