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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 02, 2023
Philippine Senate Passes Resolution Condemning Beijing’s South China Sea ‘Incursions’
By Sebastian Strangio

August 02, 2023
Why Did Myanmar’s Military Reduce Aung San Suu Kyi’s Prison Sentence?
By Sebastian Strangio

August 01, 2023
Rights Groups Call on Laos to Release Dissident Chinese Lawyer
By Sebastian Strangio

August 01, 2023
Myanmar Junta Extends State of Emergency for Fourth Time
By Sebastian Strangio

July 31, 2023
Has Vietnam Changed Its Tune on a Diplomatic Upgrade With the US?
By Sebastian Strangio

July 31, 2023
Vietnam Imprisons 54 Officials Over COVID-19 Flights Graft Case
By Sebastian Strangio

July 28, 2023
Myanmar Junta Transfers Aung San Suu Kyi Out of Solitary Confinement
By Sebastian Strangio

July 28, 2023
After Years of Promises, Will Thaksin Finally Return to Thailand?
By Sebastian Strangio

July 27, 2023
How Will Cambodia’s Incoming Leader Affect the Country’s Foreign Relations?
By Sebastian Strangio

July 27, 2023
Malaysia, Philippines Discuss More ‘Flexible’ ASEAN Approach to Myanmar’s Military
By Sebastian Strangio

July 26, 2023
Cambodia Hunting Down Opposition Activists Who Advocated Spoiling Ballots
By Sebastian Strangio
