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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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August 10, 2023
Joint South China Sea Patrols Could Begin in 2023, Philippine Official Says
By Sebastian Strangio

August 09, 2023
US President Biden Says He Will Visit Vietnam ‘Shortly’
By Sebastian Strangio

August 09, 2023
Malaysia Readies for State Polls That Will Test PM Anwar
By Sebastian Strangio

August 09, 2023
Indonesia Delays Launch of China-backed High-Speed Railway
By Sebastian Strangio

August 08, 2023
Philippines Summons Chinese Ambassador Over Water Cannon Incident
By Sebastian Strangio

August 08, 2023
Pheu Thai, Bhumjaithai Agree to Form Thailand’s Next Government
By Sebastian Strangio

August 07, 2023
Philippines Blasts China For ‘Dangerous Maneuvers’ Near Disputed Shoal
By Sebastian Strangio

August 07, 2023
Cambodia’s King Officially Appoints Hun Manet Prime Minister
By Sebastian Strangio

August 04, 2023
Cambodia’s Hun Sen Says He Will Remain Power Behind the Throne
By Sebastian Strangio

August 04, 2023
Thai Political Deadlock to Drag on as Prime Ministerial Vote Delayed – Again
By Sebastian Strangio

August 03, 2023
Move Forward Leaves Coalition Aiming to Form Thailand’s Next Government
By Sebastian Strangio
