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Sebastian Strangio

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.

Posts by Sebastian Strangio
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March 06, 2023

Indonesian Judicial Body to Review Controversial Election Ruling

By Sebastian Strangio
Last week, a district court ordered the country's election commission to cease all election preparations, potentially delaying next year's polls.
March 03, 2023

Philippine Senator Questions Scope of New US Security Agreement

By Sebastian Strangio
Comments by Senator Imee Marcos, the sister of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., raise the question of where the outer limits of U.S.-Philippine cooperation lie.

March 03, 2023

Cambodian Opposition Leader Sentenced to 27 Years Imprisonment

By Sebastian Strangio
Kem Sokha, the former head of the banned Cambodia National Rescue Party, has also been banned indefinitely from voting or running for office.

March 02, 2023

Vietnam’s Parliament Selects Vo Van Thuong as New President

By Sebastian Strangio
The 52-year-old Politburo member replaces Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who was forced to step down in January in connection with a series of high-profile corruption scandals.

March 02, 2023

Malaysia’s Anwar Voices Concern About Myanmar Refugee Crisis

By Sebastian Strangio
The Malaysian leader claimed that 200,000 Myanmar nationals have now sought refuge in his country.
March 01, 2023

Foreign Firms Still Aiding Aviation Fuel Shipments to Myanmar Military

By Sebastian Strangio
Despite international sanctions, shipments of aviation fuel continue to reach the country, according to a new report.

March 01, 2023

China, Myanmar Have Resumed Work on Railway Project, Report Says

By Sebastian Strangio
Work on the long-planned Muse-Kyaukphyu line is once again inching forward, but construction is likely many years off.
February 28, 2023

Malaysian PM Anwar to Visit the Philippines This Week

By Sebastian Strangio
The two-day state visit will round out the newly appointed leader's diplomatic tour of Malaysia's immediate neighbors.

February 28, 2023

Vietnam’s National Assembly Set to Confirm New President

By Sebastian Strangio
The reported candidate is Vo Van Thuong, the youngest member on the Communist Party's Politburo.

February 27, 2023

Malaysia’s Anwar Unveils First Budget, Aiming to Aid Poor

By Sebastian Strangio
Stronger than expected growth last year has allowed Anwar Ibrahim to give the poor a leg-up, while introducing measures to reduce Malaysia's national debt.

February 27, 2023

Philippines Marks People Power Revolt For First Time Under Marcos Jr.

By Sebastian Strangio
This year's commemoration was a sign of how far Philippine democracy has come, and also how far it has yet to go.
February 24, 2023

Malaysia Deported 114 Myanmar Nationals Last Month, Rights Group Says

By Sebastian Strangio
Amnesty International Malaysia said that the action "exposes the government’s hypocrisy in policy and practice.”

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