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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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May 24, 2024
Is Myanmar’s Junta About to Revive a Controversial Dam Project?
By Sebastian Strangio

May 24, 2024
Thai PM Avoids Suspension As Constitutional Court Accepts Ethics Complaint
By Sebastian Strangio

May 23, 2024
Philippine Lawmakers Pass Bill Legalizing Divorce
By Sebastian Strangio

May 23, 2024
Philippine Commander Denies ‘Deal’ Over South China Sea Shoal
By Sebastian Strangio

May 22, 2024
Vietnam Arrests Second Labor Activist In a Month, Rights Group Claims
By Sebastian Strangio

May 21, 2024
Musk to ‘Consider’ Opening Battery Plant in Indonesia, Senior Official Says
By Sebastian Strangio

May 21, 2024
Philippines Calls for International Probe Into Environmental Damage at Disputed Shoal
By Sebastian Strangio

May 20, 2024
Vietnam’s National Assembly Approves New Chair, President Expected Soon
By Sebastian Strangio

May 20, 2024
Arakan Army Takes Key Town in Western Myanmar, While Denying Rohingya Attacks
By Sebastian Strangio

May 17, 2024
ASEAN Envoy Travels to Myanmar, Meets Military Junta Chief
By Sebastian Strangio

May 17, 2024
Vietnam Removes Another Top Leader as Political Blood-Letting Continues
By Sebastian Strangio
