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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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March 21, 2023
US, Philippines Break Ground on $25 Million Runway Rehabilitation Project
By Sebastian Strangio

March 21, 2023
Thai PM Dissolves Parliament, Paving Way For May Election
By Sebastian Strangio

March 20, 2023
UN Participating in Pilot Rohingya Repatriation Project, Despite Safety Concerns
By Sebastian Strangio

March 20, 2023
Indonesia’s Jokowi Restores Citizenship to Political Exiles
By Sebastian Strangio

March 17, 2023
Malaysian Official Says EU Regulation ‘Discrimination’ Against Small Farmers
By Sebastian Strangio

March 17, 2023
Indonesia Close to Closing Deal for BrahMos Weapons System: Report
By Sebastian Strangio

March 16, 2023
Thailand, EU Agree to Restart Free Trade Pact Negotiations
By Sebastian Strangio

March 16, 2023
Myanmar, Bangladesh Readying Repatriation of More Than 1,000 Rohingya
By Sebastian Strangio

March 15, 2023
Indonesian Parliament Vows to Resolve Contentious Election Ruling
By Sebastian Strangio

March 14, 2023
China Warns Philippines Over US Access to Military Bases
By Sebastian Strangio

March 14, 2023
Ex-Malaysian PM Muhyiddin Hit With Seventh Graft Charge
By Sebastian Strangio
