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Sribala Subramanian
Sribala Subramanian is a New York-based columnist for The Diplomat.
Sribala Subramanian is a New York-based columnist for The Diplomat. She has written about the oil and gas industry in Myanmar, COVID-19 in Singapore, and India’s foreign policy. A former business journalist for Time, Sribala was part of a team that covered Wall Street. She was the lead reporter on the acclaimed Time International cover story on postcolonial literature called “The Empire Writes Back.” Her freelance articles have appeared in The Guardian, Atlas Obscura, and The Third Pole. She was a contributor to the award-winning Women and the Environment special issue from Earth Island Journal.
Sribala studied magazine journalism at Syracuse University and has a Masters in Mass Communication from California State University, Fresno. She graduated from Bangalore University and got her start in journalism at The Indian Express, Bangalore.
Sribala’s most shared story is about the geopolitics of Kashmir’s pink tea.

December 07, 2023
Indonesians and Malaysians Keep Gaza in Their Prayers
By Sribala Subramanian

November 10, 2023
Asia’s Island Nations Need Satellite Internet
By Sribala Subramanian

October 04, 2023
US Defense Ties in Southeast Asia: A Wide-Ranging Buffet
By Sribala Subramanian

September 04, 2023
Homecoming in Thailand
By Sribala Subramanian

August 09, 2023
Harvest of Duds: What Cluster Munitions in Laos Can Teach Ukraine
By Sribala Subramanian

July 14, 2023
Malaysia and the Dark Fleet
By Sribala Subramanian

June 19, 2023
Dog Fight over the South China Sea?
By Sribala Subramanian

June 01, 2023
Did Malaysia’s PM Just Say the Quiet Part Out Loud on Myanmar?
By Sribala Subramanian

May 16, 2023
Vietnam’s Climate Fashion
By Sribala Subramanian

May 04, 2023
An Airstrip on Myanmar’s Great Coco Island
By Sribala Subramanian

April 20, 2023
Thailand: An Outlier in Asia on Guns
By Sribala Subramanian
