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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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October 24, 2023
Thailand Will Replace Chinese Sub With Frigate, Defense Minister Says
By Sebastian Strangio

October 24, 2023
US Warns It Will Defend Philippines After South China Sea Collisions
By Sebastian Strangio

October 23, 2023
Prabowo Maintains Narrow Lead in Indonesian Presidential Polls
By Sebastian Strangio

October 23, 2023
Chinese, Philippine Vessels Collide Near Contested Shoal
By Sebastian Strangio

October 20, 2023
Philippine Military to Create ‘Cyber Command’ to Combat Online Attacks
By Sebastian Strangio

October 19, 2023
Cambodian Court Sentences Opposition Figure to 3 Years Prison
By Sebastian Strangio

October 19, 2023
Former Jakarta Governor Officially Registers for Indonesian Presidential Election
By Sebastian Strangio

October 18, 2023
Indonesia, China Vow to Expand Economic Cooperation
By Sebastian Strangio

October 18, 2023
Malaysian PM to Raise Palestine Issue at Gulf-ASEAN Meeting
By Sebastian Strangio

October 17, 2023
Thai PM Heads to China in Bid to Bolster Trade, Investment
By Sebastian Strangio

October 17, 2023
Malaysian Police Arrest Editor of Banned Essay Collection
By Sebastian Strangio
