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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.

December 18, 2024
Myanmar Rebel Group Claims Recapture of Former Headquarters on Thai Border
By Sebastian Strangio

December 18, 2024
Myanmar to Release Detained Thai Fishermen Next Month, Officials Say
By Sebastian Strangio

December 17, 2024
Thailand Confirms Details of ‘Informal’ Myanmar Meetings
By Sebastian Strangio

December 17, 2024
Malaysia’s Anwar Appoints Former Thai PM as Advisor on ASEAN Affairs
By Sebastian Strangio

December 16, 2024
UK Officially Joins Trans-Pacific Trade Agreement
By Sebastian Strangio

December 16, 2024
‘Bali Nine’ Drug Convicts Return to Australia After Indonesia Deal
By Sebastian Strangio

December 13, 2024
Myanmar Remains World’s Leading Source of Illegal Opium Cultivation
By Sebastian Strangio

December 12, 2024
Myanmar Economy to Shrink Further in 2025, World Bank Says
By Sebastian Strangio

December 12, 2024
Thai Government Approves Measures to Reduce Household Debt
By Sebastian Strangio

December 11, 2024
Ex-Malaysian PM Mahathir Denies Betraying Country Over Island Dispute
By Sebastian Strangio

December 11, 2024
Philippines Will Not Deploy Navy in Stand-offs With China, Marcos Says
By Sebastian Strangio
