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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.

May 07, 2024
Philippines Won’t Use Water Cannons in Maritime Standoff With China, Marcos Says
By Sebastian Strangio

May 07, 2024
Ethnic Resistance Group Claims Capture of Hundreds of Soldiers in Western Myanmar
By Sebastian Strangio

May 06, 2024
Press Watchdog Paints Grim Picture of Southeast Asian Media Freedoms
By Sebastian Strangio

May 06, 2024
Vietnam Arrests Another Senior Figure in Anti-Corruption Drive
By Sebastian Strangio

May 03, 2024
Vietnam’s Parliament Accepts Chair’s Resignation, Announces Interim Replacement
By Sebastian Strangio

May 03, 2024
Myanmar Junta Bans Men From Overseas Work in Bid to Stymie Draft Dodgers
By Sebastian Strangio

May 02, 2024
Philippines Again Accuses China of Inflaming Maritime Tensions
By Sebastian Strangio

May 02, 2024
Microsoft CEO Announces AI Investments in Indonesia, Thailand
By Sebastian Strangio

May 01, 2024
Indonesia Mulling Dual Citizenship In a Bid to Reverse Brain Drain
By Sebastian Strangio

May 01, 2024
China Coast Guard Again Fires Water Cannons at Philippine Vessels Near Disputed Shoal
By Sebastian Strangio

April 30, 2024
Lee and Jokowi Pledge Continuity at Final Leaders’ Summit
By Sebastian Strangio
