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@theDiplomatMagazine
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2,131subscribers
+12 since we began measuring on 7 August 2026
Risers and fallers across the register · movement among entries of 1,000–3,162.
| Telegram ID | -1001284175307 |
|---|---|
| Type | Channel |
| Username | @theDiplomatMagazine |
| Created | Between 1 April 2018 and 31 July 2021 — estimated from Telegram’s id allocation, not measured. How this range is calculated. |
| First recorded | 7 August 2026 |
| Last confirmed live | 12 October 2026 |
| Measurements held | 15 |
| Confirmed unchanged | 1 time, most recently 12 October 2026 |
| On Telegram | t.me/theDiplomatMagazine |
International news — a classification, not a measurement. An on-box language model (Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-FP8, prompt version 1) read this channel’s own recent posts on 16 September 2026 and assigned it the closest of 31 fixed categories, at 100% confidence. This is a model’s judgement about what the channel is likely to be about, not a fact this register measured the way a subscriber count or a view count is measured — it can be revised on a later pass, and it carries no weight anywhere else on this page. How this classification works, and why it has no browse page of its own yet.
| Measured (UTC) | Subscribers | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Oct 2026, 14:59 | 2,131 | -3 |
| 6 Oct 2026, 05:39 | 2,134 | -5 |
| 28 Sept 2026, 15:16 | 2,139 | -3 |
| 14 Sept 2026, 07:01 | 2,142 | +3 |
| 11 Sept 2026, 01:17 | 2,139 | +5 |
| 6 Sept 2026, 07:41 | 2,134 | +7 |
| 2 Sept 2026, 05:05 | 2,127 | +2 |
| 30 Aug 2026, 12:43 | 2,125 | +5 |
| 27 Aug 2026, 10:28 | 2,120 | -1 |
| 24 Aug 2026, 04:43 | 2,121 | -2 |
| 20 Aug 2026, 09:53 | 2,123 | +1 |
| 17 Aug 2026, 12:48 | 2,122 | +6 |
| 14 Aug 2026, 08:24 | 2,116 | -3 |
| 7 Aug 2026, 04:16 | 2,119 | no change |
| 7 Aug 2026, 04:05 | 2,119 | first reading |
20 posts held, back to 21 July 2026 — the reader has not yet reached the start of this channel’s public history, so older posts may sit further back, unread. Read across 2 pages of Telegram’s post history, 20 posts per page.
Nothing published in the last 30 days. ERR and ER are rolling 30-day measures, so there is nothing to compute — we hold 20 posts for this entry, the most recent from 23 July 2026. An engagement rate over an empty window would be a number about nothing.
Why China Will Not Sell 5th-Generation J-35 Fighter Jets to Pakistan (Yet) For China, the decision to sell the J-35 would carry ramifications far exceeding those of any previous Chinese arms sale. https://thediplomat.com/2026/07/why-china-will-not-sell-5th-generation-j-35-fighter-jets-to-pakistan-yet/
Is India Planning an Exchange of Territory With Myanmar? The territory that could be considered for exchange lies in Manipur’s Chandel district in India, contiguous to Myanmar’s Kabaw Valley in Sagaing Region. https://thediplomat.com/2026/07/is-india-planning-an-exchange-of-territory-with-myanmar/
Beyond the South China Sea: 4 Other Maritime Flashpoints in East Asia These disputes could reshape the geopolitical order in East Asia – or even spark a war. https://thediplomat.com/2026/07/beyond-the-south-china-sea-4-other-maritime-flashpoints-in-east-asia/
The First Japan-Brazil Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue An important first step, with much work still ahead. https://thediplomat.com/2026/07/the-first-japan-brazil-foreign-ministers-strategic-dialogue/
Philippine, Chinese Foreign Ministers Exchange Protests Over South China Sea Clash Both nations have accused the other for instigating the incident at Second Thomas Shoal, which has overshadowed this week's ASEAN meetings in Manila. https://thediplomat.com/2026/07/philippine-chinese-foreign-ministers-exchange-protests-over-south-china-sea-clash/
Malaysia Must Reject Hate and Confront Myanmar Over the Rohingya Crisis Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s government has largely remained silent about the recent online "hate campaign" targeting Rohingya refugees. https://thediplomat.com/2026/07/malaysia-must-reject-hate-and-confront-myanmar-over-the-rohingya-crisis/
ASEAN Foreign Ministers Call for ‘Immediate Cessation’ of Middle East Hostilities The fighting between Iran and the United States is set to have “immediate and long-term effects” on Southeast Asia and its people, the ministers said. https://thediplomat.com/2026/07/asean-foreign-ministers-call-for-immediate-cessation-of-middle-east-hostilities/
JULY 20, 2026 Ongoing Belt and Road Initiative Poses Strategic Risks in the Western Balkans https://thediplomat.com/2026/07/ongoing-belt-and-road-initiative-poses-strategic-risks-in-the-western-balkans/
VIDEOS Beyond the South China Sea: 4 Other Maritime Flashpoints in East Asia https://thediplomat.com/2026/07/beyond-the-south-china-sea-4-other-maritime-flashpoints-in-east-asia/
POLITICS ‘There Is Zero Accountability’: India’s ‘Cockroaches’ Question Modi and a Broken System https://thediplomat.com/2026/07/there-is-zero-accountability-indias-cockroaches-question-modi-and-a-broken-system/
SOCIETY Why a Tibetan Protester Set Himself on Fire Outside the United Nations https://thediplomat.com/2026/07/why-a-tibetan-protester-set-himself-on-fire-outside-the-united-nations/
SECURITY Why China Is Investing in Planetary Defense By JAN ŠVEC | JULY 23, 2026 For China, planetary defense is about building its international image and strengthening national security. However, the same factors also constrain China's global contribution. https://thediplomat.com/2026/07/why-china-is-investing-in-planetary-defense/
Showing the 12 most recent of 20 posts we hold for @theDiplomatMagazine. View and reaction counts are the latest single reading for each post, not a live figure, and a recent post is still accumulating both. A view count marked ≈ was rounded by Telegram before we ever saw it — t.me prints views in full below 1,000 and to three significant figures above, so ≈1,200,000 means somewhere between 1,150,000 and 1,249,999. Unmarked counts are exact. Text is reproduced from the public post preview and truncated for length.
A live page changes as we take new readings, so a citation should name the measurement it is based on, not just the URL. The line below cites the subscriber count as measured 12 October 2026 — this entry's latest reading, not the date you are reading this.
“The Diplomat Magazine” (@theDiplomatMagazine), 2,131 subscribers as measured 12 October 2026. Telegram Register, tgregister.com/channel/theDiplomatMagazine.
Full measurement history, CC BY 4.0. Every reading this register holds for this entry, not just the latest one, as a dated, downloadable record: CSV · JSON. Free to use with attribution to tgregister.com. Each file carries its own generation timestamp, which is the figure to cite for exactly when the data was retrieved.