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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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April 29, 2024
Philippines Denies Chinese Claim About South China Sea ‘Agreement’
By Sebastian Strangio

April 29, 2024
Thai Foreign Minister Steps Down, Leaving Myanmar Policy in Limbo
By Sebastian Strangio

April 26, 2024
France, Philippines to Begin Negotiating Reciprocal Access Agreement
By Sebastian Strangio

April 26, 2024
Indonesia’s Prabowo On Brink of Parliamentary Majority After Receiving Rival Party’s Backing
By Sebastian Strangio

April 24, 2024
Indonesian President No Longer a Member of PDI-P After Backing Rival Candidate, Party Says
By Sebastian Strangio

April 24, 2024
Myanmar Military Reoccupies Myawaddy Base as Karen Rebels Withdraw
By Sebastian Strangio

April 23, 2024
Vietnamese Authorities Arrest Assistant to National Assembly Chairman
By Sebastian Strangio

April 23, 2024
Indonesian Court Rejects Petitions Seeking Rerun of Presidential Election
By Sebastian Strangio

April 22, 2024
Thousands of Refugees Flee Fighting in Southeastern Myanmar
By Sebastian Strangio

April 19, 2024
ASEAN Calls Again for End to Myanmar Violence As Conflicts Flare
By Sebastian Strangio

April 19, 2024
US, Philippines to Kick Off ‘Expansive’ Balikatan Exercise
By Sebastian Strangio
