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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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March 19, 2024
It’s a Family Affair as Paetongtarn Shinawatra Visits Cambodia
By Sebastian Strangio

March 18, 2024
Vietnamese Parliament to Discuss ‘Personnel Issues’ This Week, Report Says
By Sebastian Strangio

March 18, 2024
Thai Parliament Set to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage By Year’s End, Official Says
By Sebastian Strangio

March 15, 2024
Thai Court Announces Another Harsh Prison Sentence Under Royal Insult Law
By Sebastian Strangio

March 15, 2024
Former Thai PM Visits Hometown Chiang Mai For First Time in 17 Years
By Sebastian Strangio

March 14, 2024
President Marcos to Meet US Secretary of State Amid South China Sea Tensions
By Sebastian Strangio

March 14, 2024
Indonesia’s Anies Baswedan To File Election Complaint at Constitutional Court
By Sebastian Strangio

March 13, 2024
Thailand-EU Free Trade Pact On Track for Completion in 2025, Thai PM Says
By Sebastian Strangio

March 13, 2024
Thai Election Commission Requests Dissolution of Move Forward Party
By Sebastian Strangio

March 12, 2024
Kachin Armed Resistance Group Claims Gains in Northern Offensive
By Sebastian Strangio

March 12, 2024
US Firms Set to Invest $1 Billion in Philippines, Commerce Secretary Says
By Sebastian Strangio
