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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.

February 11, 2025
Neil Loughlin on Cambodia’s Coercive State
By Sebastian Strangio

February 11, 2025
Philippines on Cusp of Major Defense Pacts with New Zealand, Canada
By Sebastian Strangio

February 10, 2025
Philippine Vice President Duterte Vows to Fight Impeachment
By Sebastian Strangio

February 10, 2025
Thai Workers Return Home From Gaza After 15 Months in Captivity
By Sebastian Strangio

February 07, 2025
Malaysia ‘Strongly Opposes’ Forced Resettlement of Palestinians From Gaza
By Sebastian Strangio

February 07, 2025
Thailand and China Should Deepen Relations Amid ‘Unprecedented Changes’, Xi Says
By Sebastian Strangio

February 06, 2025
Philippine Lawmakers Vote to Impeach Vice President Sara Duterte
By Sebastian Strangio

February 06, 2025
Malaysian Government Moves to Block Ex-PM Najib’s House Arrest Bid
By Sebastian Strangio

February 05, 2025
Thailand Cuts Electricity to Scam Sanctuaries Across Myanmar Border
By Sebastian Strangio

February 05, 2025
Indonesia Approves Creation of Second Sovereign Investment Fund
By Sebastian Strangio

February 04, 2025
British Environmental Journalist Blocked From Re-entering Cambodia
By Sebastian Strangio
