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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.

January 09, 2024
ASEAN Chair Laos Appoints Special Envoy on Myanmar
By Sebastian Strangio

January 08, 2024
Chinese Official Meets Myanmar Junta Chief as Rebels Capture Key Town
By Sebastian Strangio

January 08, 2024
Cambodian Government Critic Arrested for Facebook Post
By Sebastian Strangio

January 05, 2024
Indonesian President’s Son Broke Campaign Regulations, Watchdog Rules
By Sebastian Strangio

January 05, 2024
Myanmar Junta Forces in Laukkai Surrender to MNDAA, Reports Claim
By Sebastian Strangio

January 04, 2024
US, Philippines, China Begin Simultaneous South China Sea Patrols
By Sebastian Strangio

January 04, 2024
Indonesia Delays Purchase of Secondhand Fighter Jets
By Sebastian Strangio

January 03, 2024
Thailand and China to Introduce Visa-Free Travel From March
By Sebastian Strangio

January 03, 2024
Myanmar’s Shadow Government Issues 10-Point China Policy
By Sebastian Strangio

January 02, 2024
Another Rohingya Refugee Boat Lands in Western Indonesia
By Sebastian Strangio

January 02, 2024
ASEAN Foreign Ministers Speak Out About South China Sea Tensions
By Sebastian Strangio
