David Hutt (@davidhuttjourno) is a journalist, analyst, editor and geostrategic thinker.
- Research fellow at the Central European Institute of Asian Studies (CEIAS), an independent think tank.
- Associate Editor at Contemporary Southeast Asia, an internationally peer-reviewed academic journal.
- Southeast Asia Columnist for the Diplomat and a columnist for Radio Free Asia.
- Reporter for Deutsche Welle covering Europe-Asia relations.
- Contributor to the Economist Intelligence Unit and other consultancies.
- Commentator for various international publications, including the BBC, Voice of America and Radio Free Asia.
His writing has also appeared in Radio Free Asia, Foreign Policy, Nikkei Asia, South China Morning Post, Forbes, World Politics Review, and others. He has written for academic publications and think tanks, including Internationale Politik Quarterly, Royal United Services Institute, the EU-Asia Centre, ChinaObservers, Limes Italian Review of Geopolitics, and the Journal of Greater Mekong Studies. He has also been a political and risk consultant for several years.
He was formerly a reporter at the Southeast Asia Globe and editor of Focus ASEAN. He served as president of the Overseas Press Club of Cambodia between 2018 and 2019, and as a visiting fellow at Future Forum, a Phnom Penh-based think tank. He was previously based in Cambodia (2014-2019), reporting on Asian politics and economics. Before that, he was based in Nicaragua (2013-2014), covering Central American affairs.
A regularly updated list of his articles can be found here.
MEDIA AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:
David Hutt provides comments to international newspapers, has been a guest speaker at conferences, and offers consultancy advice for companies in Asia and Europe.
For more information, contact: davidhutt1990@gmail.com
What his critics say....
"David Hutt is a go-to writer and encyclopaedia on all-thing-bad about Cambodia. He can write weekly and has great talent in spotting everything wrong about whatever Cambodia is doing." (Khmer Times)
