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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 24, 2025
Hundreds of Same-Sex Couples Wed as Thailand’s Marriage Equality Bill Comes Into Effect
By Sebastian Strangio

January 23, 2025
Mekong Nations Pledge to Bolster Anti-scam Efforts in 2025
By Sebastian Strangio

January 23, 2025
Singapore PM Forms Electoral Boundaries Committee, Paving Way For Election
By Sebastian Strangio

January 22, 2025
Malaysia Seeks Gag Order on Ex-PM Najib’s Royal Document Case
By Sebastian Strangio

January 22, 2025
Trade Resumes After Myanmar Military and Major Rebel Group Agree to Ceasefire
By Sebastian Strangio

January 21, 2025
Prabowo’s Approval Rating Tops 80 Percent After 100 Days in Office
By Sebastian Strangio

January 21, 2025
ASEAN Foreign Ministers Tell Myanmar Junta to Prioritize Peace Over Elections
By Sebastian Strangio

January 17, 2025
China’s FM Calls on Southeast Asia to Tackle Online Scamming Scourge
By Sebastian Strangio

January 17, 2025
Indonesia’s President Prabowo to Pay State Visit to India Next Week
By Sebastian Strangio

January 16, 2025
Japan ‘Gravely Concerned’ About South China Sea Tensions, FM Says
By Sebastian Strangio

January 16, 2025
Thai Police Issue Arrest Warrant For Cambodian Linked to Former MP’s Killing
By Sebastian Strangio
