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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.

February 05, 2024
Malaysia Confirms Royal Pardon for Jailed Former PM Najib Razak
By Sebastian Strangio

February 05, 2024
Rights Groups Condemn Thailand’s Arrest of Cambodian Dissident Exiles
By Sebastian Strangio

February 02, 2024
Royalist Lawyer Seeks Dissolution of Thai Opposition Party
By Sebastian Strangio

February 02, 2024
Dissident Russian Rock Band Departs Thailand for Israel
By Sebastian Strangio

February 01, 2024
Myanmar Junta Again Extends State of Emergency Ahead of Coup Anniversary
By Sebastian Strangio

February 01, 2024
Former Malaysian PM’s Prison Term Halved by Royal Pardon, Report Claims
By Sebastian Strangio

January 31, 2024
Ahead of Coup Anniversary, Myanmar Resistance Groups Release Political Roadmap
By Sebastian Strangio

January 31, 2024
Vietnam, Philippines Sign Agreements on Maritime Security Cooperation
By Sebastian Strangio

January 30, 2024
Thailand-China Railway Project Should Be Expedited, Chinese FM Says
By Sebastian Strangio

January 30, 2024
Former Malaysian Finance Minister Latest to be Charged in Corruption Probe
By Sebastian Strangio

January 29, 2024
Myanmar Junta Sends Representative to ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
By Sebastian Strangio
