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Sebastian Strangio

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.

Posts by Sebastian Strangio
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October 22, 2024

Vietnam’s National Assembly Chooses Army General as President

By Sebastian Strangio
The elevation of Luong Cuong, 67, has further increased the presence of security personnel at the upper echelons of Vietnamese politics.
October 21, 2024

Small Explosion Damages Chinese Consulate in Mandalay

By Sebastian Strangio
The apparent attack comes at a time of growing Chinese support for the beleaguered military junta in Naypyidaw.

October 21, 2024

Prabowo Subianto Sworn In As Indonesia’s Eighth President

By Sebastian Strangio
The inauguration ceremony marked a triumphant apotheosis for the former general, who was elected in a landslide in February.

October 18, 2024

Vietnam Sentences Businesswoman to Life in Prison in Mega-Fraud Trial

By Sebastian Strangio
Truong My Lan, 68, is already on death row for masterminding the embezzlement of $26.8 billion from Saigon Commercial Bank.

October 17, 2024

Malaysia’s Anwar Again Says Oil and Gas Exploration Will Continue

By Sebastian Strangio
China has protested the state energy firm Petronas' exploration activities in the South China Sea.
October 17, 2024

Military-Ruled Myanmar Falls to Bottom of Internet Freedom Ranking

By Sebastian Strangio
According to the latest Freedom on the Net report, the nation's digital space is now as constrained as China's.

October 16, 2024

Myanmar Junta Chief to Visit China This Month, Report Claims

By Sebastian Strangio
While not yet confirmed, the state visit would mark a significant shift in China's approach to the conflict in Myanmar.
October 16, 2024

Indonesian Prabowo Seeking PDI-P Support for Governing Coalition

By Sebastian Strangio
The party remains the only one with seats in parliament that has not joined Prabowo's Advanced Indonesia Coalition.

October 15, 2024

Lee Kuan Yew’s Youngest Son Requests Permission to Demolish Family Home

By Sebastian Strangio
The home at 38 Oxley Road has been the subject of a bitter family dispute between former Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his two siblings.

October 15, 2024

Prabowo to Reappoint Sri Mulyani as Indonesia’s Finance Minister

By Sebastian Strangio
The former World Bank director will become the first person to hold the finance portfolio under three presidential administrations.

October 14, 2024

Philippine Police Arrest Online Scamming ‘Kingpin’ in Luzon

By Sebastian Strangio
Police allege that Chinese national Lin Xunhan, 33, has organized online fraud operations in several parts of the country.
October 14, 2024

Indonesia Asks Apple, Google to Block Chinese E-Commerce App Temu

By Sebastian Strangio
The country's communications minister says that the app's "factory-to-consumer" model threatens to undermine millions of small businesses.

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