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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.

March 08, 2024
Vietnam Designates Two Overseas Groups as ‘Terrorist’ Organizations
By Sebastian Strangio

March 07, 2024
Australian PM Closes Special ASEAN Summit With Calls to ‘Destiny’
By Sebastian Strangio

March 07, 2024
Vietnam and Australia Announce Long-Awaited Diplomatic Upgrade
By Sebastian Strangio

March 06, 2024
Vietnam Opens Trial in $12.5 Billion Corruption Case
By Sebastian Strangio

March 06, 2024
Australia Announces $1.3 Billion Fund to Boost Investment in Southeast Asia
By Sebastian Strangio

March 05, 2024
Chinese and Philippine Coast Guard Vessels Again Collide in Contested Waters
By Sebastian Strangio

March 05, 2024
Thai Court Acquits Former PM Yingluck Shinawatra Over Government Funds
By Sebastian Strangio

March 04, 2024
Communist Party Directive Takes Aim At ‘Hostile Forces’ in Vietnam
By Sebastian Strangio

March 04, 2024
Myanmar Military, Resistance Alliance Sign China-Brokered Agreement
By Sebastian Strangio

March 01, 2024
Thailand to Ban Recreational Marijuana Use By Year’s End, Minister Says
By Sebastian Strangio

March 01, 2024
What to Expect From the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit
By Sebastian Strangio
