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The Diplomat
international center, Indo-Pacific foreign policy focus
The Diplomat is an online international news magazine covering politics, security, and culture in the Indo-Pacific region, owned by Tokyo-based MHT Corporation and run by Australian-born publisher James Pach. Major media-rating organizations place it near the center of the political spectrum, with high marks for factual accuracy and analytical depth. Its coverage of the second Trump administration tends toward critical, particularly on tariff policies affecting Asian allies, Taiwan defense strategy, and Washington's increasingly transactional approach to regional diplomacy.
Owned byMHT Corporation (株式会社MHTコーポレーション), a Japanese information services company based in Tokyo, owned and operated by publisher James Pach
Leaninginternational center, Indo-Pacific foreign policy focus
On the administrationbroadly critical
4average bias score across 2 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun