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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.

September 15, 2023
New Thai PM Says That He Opposes Recreational Marijuana Use
By Sebastian Strangio

September 15, 2023
Malaysia Will Not Appeal Ex-PM Najib’s Acquittal in 1MDB Tampering Case
By Sebastian Strangio

September 14, 2023
Cambodian PM Embarks on Three-Day State Visit to China
By Sebastian Strangio

September 14, 2023
Thailand Grants Chinese Tourists Visa-Free Access in Bid to Revive Economy
By Sebastian Strangio

September 12, 2023
Philippine Court Tosses Final Tax Charge Against Nobel Laureate
By Sebastian Strangio

September 12, 2023
Malaysia Flags Ban on Export of Rare Earth Minerals
By Sebastian Strangio

September 11, 2023
Australia, Philippines Agree to Upgrade Bilateral Relationship
By Sebastian Strangio

September 11, 2023
Malaysian Youth Party Defects From Ruling Coalition Over Corruption Cases
By Sebastian Strangio

September 08, 2023
Press Watchdogs Condemn Myanmar Photojournalist’s ‘Grotesque’ Imprisonment
By Sebastian Strangio

September 08, 2023
ASEAN Summits Highlight Familiar Shortcomings
By Sebastian Strangio

September 07, 2023
New Thai Government Readies Populist Economic Measures
By Sebastian Strangio
