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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.

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

March 10, 2023
Indonesia Unveils Incentives For Investors in New Capital City
By Sebastian Strangio

March 10, 2023
Former Malaysian PM Muhyiddin Yassin Charged With Corruption
By Sebastian Strangio

March 09, 2023
Inflation Continues Its Steady Upward Rise in Laos
By Sebastian Strangio

March 09, 2023
UN Says It Needs $876 Million for Rohingya Refugee Crisis
By Sebastian Strangio

March 08, 2023
Thai Man Imprisoned For Selling ‘Yellow Duck’ Calendars
By Sebastian Strangio

March 08, 2023
Indonesia Announces Subsidies to Boost EV Uptake
By Sebastian Strangio

March 07, 2023
More Grim Tidings From Myanmar
By Sebastian Strangio

March 07, 2023
Philippine Jeepney, Bus Drivers Begin Week-Long Transport Strike
By Sebastian Strangio
