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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.

June 07, 2023
Thailand Cuts Power Supply to Criminal Hub After Request From Military Junta
By Sebastian Strangio

June 07, 2023
Malaysia Wins Court Battle Over $15 Billion Sulu Heirs Award
By Sebastian Strangio

June 06, 2023
Indonesia Kicks Off Naval Exercises With Involvement of China, US
By Sebastian Strangio

June 06, 2023
Thai Military Announces Plan to Slash Generals, Streamline Forces
By Sebastian Strangio

June 05, 2023
China’s Development Financing to Southeast Asia Declining, Report Says
By Sebastian Strangio

June 05, 2023
Asian Synthetic Drug Trade Continues to Surge, UN Says
By Sebastian Strangio

June 02, 2023
Vietnam Arrests Another Environmentalist on Tax Evasion Charges
By Sebastian Strangio

June 02, 2023
Singapore to Establish Defense Communications Hotline With China
By Sebastian Strangio

June 01, 2023
Malaysia Expels Prominent Cambodian Opposition Figure Sam Rainsy
By Sebastian Strangio

June 01, 2023
UN Special Envoy to Myanmar to Step Down This Month
By Sebastian Strangio

May 31, 2023
Anti-Chinese Protests Are on the Rise in Myanmar
By Sebastian Strangio
