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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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January 07, 2025
Nearly 6,000 Prisoners Released in Myanmar Independence Day Amnesty
By Sebastian Strangio

January 03, 2025
Indonesia’s Constitutional Court Voids Threshold for Presidential Nominations
By Sebastian Strangio

January 03, 2025
Myanmar Military Junta Enacts Repressive New Cybersecurity Bill
By Sebastian Strangio

January 02, 2025
Indonesia Scales Back Planned VAT Hike, Will Apply Only to Luxury Goods
By Sebastian Strangio

January 02, 2025
Malaysian Police Arrest Satirical Artist Over Caricatures of Sabah Governor
By Sebastian Strangio

December 31, 2024
No Evidence Thai Banks Facilitated Myanmar Arms Purchases, Government Says
By Sebastian Strangio

December 31, 2024
Ethnic Rebel Group Announces Seizure of Key Town in Western Myanmar
By Sebastian Strangio

December 30, 2024
Philippines Defends Plan to Acquire Typhon Missile System From US
By Sebastian Strangio

December 30, 2024
Cambodia Imprisons Leading Opposition Figure For ‘Incitement’
By Sebastian Strangio

December 20, 2024
Thai Activist Sentenced to Additional Prison Time For Defaming Monarchy
By Sebastian Strangio

December 20, 2024
Thailand Hosts ‘Informal Consultation’ on Myanmar Conflict
By Sebastian Strangio
