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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.

April 13, 2023
Indonesian Court Overturns Controversial Ruling Delaying 2024 Election
By Sebastian Strangio

April 12, 2023
US, Philippines Announce Further Upgrades to Security Ties
By Sebastian Strangio

April 12, 2023
At Least 50 Killed in Airstrike on Resistance Stronghold in Central Myanmar
By Sebastian Strangio

April 11, 2023
Indonesian High-Speed Railway to Begin Operations in August: Minister
By Sebastian Strangio

April 11, 2023
Malaysia Clarifies South China Sea Policy Following PM’s Comments
By Sebastian Strangio

April 06, 2023
Vietnam Set to Prosecute 54 Officials Over Repatriation Flight Scandal
By Sebastian Strangio

April 06, 2023
US to Host Top Philippine Officials For Third 2+2 Ministerial Meeting
By Sebastian Strangio

April 05, 2023
Vietnam, Israel Conclude Negotiations for Free Trade Pact
By Sebastian Strangio

April 05, 2023
Defamation Trial Against Indonesian Activists Opens in Jakarta
By Sebastian Strangio

April 04, 2023
Philippine, US Reveal Sites of Four Additional EDCA Facilities
By Sebastian Strangio

April 04, 2023
Scot Marciel on the State of U.S.-Southeast Asia Relations
By Sebastian Strangio
