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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.

May 09, 2023
20 Parties Register to Compete in Cambodia’s July Election
By Sebastian Strangio

May 09, 2023
Singapore, Indonesia Condemn Attack on ASEAN Convoy in Myanmar
By Sebastian Strangio

May 08, 2023
Vietnamese Government Protests Release of Australian Commemorative Coin
By Sebastian Strangio

May 08, 2023
Indonesia Says It Is Working Hard for a Myanmar Breakthrough
By Sebastian Strangio

May 05, 2023
Rumors of Opposition Dissolution Swirl Ahead of Thai Election
By Sebastian Strangio

May 05, 2023
Sultan of Johor Slams Malaysian Politicians Seeking to ‘Derail’ Stability
By Sebastian Strangio

May 04, 2023
Myanmar Junta Pardons More Than 2,000 Political Prisoners
By Sebastian Strangio

May 04, 2023
The State of Press Freedom in Southeast Asia
By Sebastian Strangio

May 03, 2023
Thailand’s Move Forward Party Will Not Join ‘Inter-bloc’ Coalition
By Sebastian Strangio

May 03, 2023
Lao Government Critic Shot Dead in ‘Brazen’ Attack, Rights Group Says
By Sebastian Strangio

May 02, 2023
The Theater of Public Contrition in Cambodian Politics
By Sebastian Strangio
