The Diplomat

The Diplomat is a Tokyo-headquartered online magazine covering Asia-Pacific politics, security, and economics, owned by Trans-Asia Inc. and funded by ads and subscriptions. It relies on a global network of contributing scholars and journalists rather than a partisan newsroom, and independent raters generally describe its reporting as low-bias and highly factual, though a few raters detect a mild left lean. Its coverage of the Trump administration is mixed: it analyzes U.S. Asia policy (tariffs, alliances, China strategy) from multiple expert viewpoints, sometimes critical of specific moves and sometimes supportive, without a consistent partisan slant.