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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.
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October 04, 2023
US Defense Ties in Southeast Asia: A Wide-Ranging Buffet
By Sribala Subramanian
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September 04, 2023
Homecoming in Thailand
By Sribala Subramanian
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August 09, 2023
Harvest of Duds: What Cluster Munitions in Laos Can Teach Ukraine
By Sribala Subramanian
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July 14, 2023
Malaysia and the Dark Fleet
By Sribala Subramanian
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June 19, 2023
Dog Fight over the South China Sea?
By Sribala Subramanian
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June 01, 2023
Did Malaysia’s PM Just Say the Quiet Part Out Loud on Myanmar?
By Sribala Subramanian
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May 16, 2023
Vietnam’s Climate Fashion
By Sribala Subramanian
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May 04, 2023
An Airstrip on Myanmar’s Great Coco Island
By Sribala Subramanian
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April 20, 2023
Thailand: An Outlier in Asia on Guns
By Sribala Subramanian
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April 03, 2023
Phishing in the South China Sea
By Sribala Subramanian
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March 17, 2023
Bird Flu’s Young Victims
By Sribala Subramanian
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