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

October 05, 2023
TikTok Culls Social Media Business Platform in Indonesia
By Sebastian Strangio

October 05, 2023
Thai PM Promises Tighter Gun Regulations After Bangkok Shooting
By Sebastian Strangio

October 04, 2023
Activists Call for Probe Into Alleged Indonesian Arms Sales to Myanmar
By Sebastian Strangio

October 04, 2023
Malaysia Could Shut Schools Due to Spiking Air Pollution
By Sebastian Strangio

October 03, 2023
China Establishes Temporary ‘Border Control Zone’ to Fight Myanmar Scam Operations
By Sebastian Strangio

October 03, 2023
Indonesian President Inaugurates Southeast Asia’s First High-speed Railway
By Sebastian Strangio

September 29, 2023
Vietnam Sentences Environmental Advocate to 3 Years Prison
By Sebastian Strangio

September 29, 2023
Indonesia Bans E-Commerce on Social Media Networks
By Sebastian Strangio

September 28, 2023
Philippines Will Toughen South China Sea Stance, Admiral Says
By Sebastian Strangio

September 28, 2023
Cambodia To Block Release of Chinese Cyber-Scam Film
By Sebastian Strangio
