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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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February 13, 2024
Detained Former Thai PM on List of Eligible Parolees, Reports Say
By Sebastian Strangio

February 13, 2024
2 Thai Journalists Arrested for Covering Anti-Monarchist Temple Vandalism
By Sebastian Strangio

February 12, 2024
Indonesian Presidential Candidates End Campaign With Huge Rallies
By Sebastian Strangio

February 12, 2024
Myanmar Junta to Begin Enforcing Military Conscription Law
By Sebastian Strangio

February 09, 2024
Indonesia’s Presidential Election: What You Need to Know
By Sebastian Strangio

February 09, 2024
Myanmar Humanitarian Corridor to Be Established Soon, Thai FM Says
By Sebastian Strangio

February 08, 2024
Papuan Rebel Group Says It Is Willing to Release Abducted New Zealand Pilot
By Sebastian Strangio

February 08, 2024
Thai Government and Southern Separatists Agree to New Plan to End Conflict
By Sebastian Strangio

February 07, 2024
Cambodia’s Former PM Sues Rights Activist For Defamation
By Sebastian Strangio

February 07, 2024
Detained Former Thai PM Could Face Royal Defamation Charge, Official Says
By Sebastian Strangio

February 06, 2024
New Cambodian PM to Depart on First State Visit to Thailand
By Sebastian Strangio
