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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.

November 17, 2023
Hamas Will Release Thai Hostages When Ceasefire Declared, Officials Say
By Sebastian Strangio

November 16, 2023
Myanmar Resistance Forces Close In On Key Northeastern Town
By Sebastian Strangio

November 16, 2023
ASEAN Defense Ministers Call For Gaza Ceasefire, Myanmar Solution
By Sebastian Strangio

November 15, 2023
Prabowo Subianto Widens Lead in Latest Indonesia Election Polls
By Sebastian Strangio

November 15, 2023
Malaysia Commutes First Batch of Death Sentences Under New Law
By Sebastian Strangio

November 14, 2023
Indonesia’s Jokowi Urges Biden to ‘Do More’ to Halt Gaza Atrocities
By Sebastian Strangio

November 14, 2023
How an ‘Unlikely Prisoner’ Survived 650 Days in Myanmar’s Jails
By Sebastian Strangio

November 14, 2023
Prominent Duterte Critic Released on Bail in the Philippines
By Sebastian Strangio

November 13, 2023
Despite Criticisms, Thailand to Press Ahead With $13.8 Billion Stimulus Plan
By Sebastian Strangio

November 13, 2023
Chinese Authorities Issue Arrest Warrants for Criminal Kingpins in Myanmar’s Kokang Region
By Sebastian Strangio

November 10, 2023
Jokowi to Press Biden on Israel-Hamas War During White House Meeting
By Sebastian Strangio
