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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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January 25, 2024
Philippines Military to Provide ‘Unimpeded’ Access to Sea Resources, Defense Chief Says
By Sebastian Strangio

January 25, 2024
Thai Constitutional Court Clears MFP Leader of Breaching Election Law
By Sebastian Strangio

January 24, 2024
Rohingya Ocean Death Toll Worst in Nearly a Decade, UN Says
By Sebastian Strangio

January 24, 2024
Philippine President Says He Won’t ‘Lift a Finger’ to Help ICC Probe
By Sebastian Strangio

January 23, 2024
Myanmar Military Tribunal Sentences Brigadier Generals to Death for Kokang Surrender
By Sebastian Strangio

January 23, 2024
Philippines Again Condemns ‘Provocative’ Chinese Actions in South China Sea
By Sebastian Strangio

January 19, 2024
Prabowo’s Lead Holds Steady in Latest Indonesia Election Poll
By Sebastian Strangio

January 18, 2024
Thai Activist Gets More Prison Time For Insulting King
By Sebastian Strangio

January 18, 2024
Singapore’s Ex-Transport Minister Charged With 27 Offenses, Including Corruption
By Sebastian Strangio

January 17, 2024
Thai Prison Officials Again Defend Treatment of Jailed Former PM
By Sebastian Strangio

January 17, 2024
China Warns Philippines Over President Marcos’ Taiwan Remarks
By Sebastian Strangio
