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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.

October 16, 2023
Protesters in Malaysia, Indonesia Come Out in Support of Palestine
By Sebastian Strangio

October 13, 2023
Malaysia Warns TikTok Over Breaches of Local Laws
By Sebastian Strangio

October 13, 2023
Indonesia’s Ex-Agriculture Minister Arrested on Accusations of Corruption
By Sebastian Strangio

October 12, 2023
Death Toll of Thai Workers in Israel Attack Rises to 21
By Sebastian Strangio

October 12, 2023
Indonesia Moots Possible World Cup Bid With Australia, Malaysia, Singapore
By Sebastian Strangio

October 11, 2023
Indonesia’s Jokowi Calls for Resolution of Israel-Gaza Conflict Along UN Lines
By Sebastian Strangio

October 11, 2023
Myanmar Junta Accused of Bombing Kachin State IDP Camp
By Sebastian Strangio

October 10, 2023
China’s Xi Jinping Could Visit Vietnam Soon, Report Claims
By Sebastian Strangio

October 10, 2023
How Southeast Asia Has Responded to the Israel-Hamas Conflict
By Sebastian Strangio

October 06, 2023
Thai Authorities Arrest 4 For Selling Gun to Mall Shooter
By Sebastian Strangio

October 06, 2023
Malaysia Calls for Regional Action to Tackle Transboundary Haze
By Sebastian Strangio
