Josh Rogin

Washington D.C.

Columnist covering foreign policy and national security

Education: George Washington University, BA in International Affairs 2001; Sophia University, Tokyo

Josh Rogin is a columnist for the Global Opinions section of the Washington Post and a political analyst with CNN. He is also the author of Chaos Under Heaven: Trump, Xi, and the Battle for the 21st Century, released March, 2021 by Houghton Mifflin Harcout. Previously, Josh has covered foreign policy and national security for Bloomberg View, Newsweek, The Daily Beast, Foreign Policy magazine, Congressional Quarterly, Federal Computer Week magazine, and Japan’s Asahi Shimbun. His work has been featured on outlets including NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, MSNBC, NPR, and many more. Josh has been recogni
Latest from Josh Rogin

DeSantis’s Ukraine dodge is the opposite of leadership

A serious candidate for president should have a firm view on the war.

May 31, 2023

Biden shouldn’t allow Arab leaders to rehabilitate Bashar al-Assad

The United States should hold accountable anyone who enables the Syrian leader's war crimes.

May 25, 2023

Biden commits an unforced error in the competition with China

The president just picked the wrong moment to cut short a vital trip to the Indo-Pacific region.

May 19, 2023

The survivors of Putin’s atrocities have a warning for us

Why eastern Ukraine can’t be left in Putin’s hands.

May 17, 2023

Taiwan is urging the U.S. not to abandon Ukraine

Those who purport to care about Taiwan’s defense ought to listen to the Taiwanese for a change.

May 10, 2023

A chaotic evacuation is symbolic of U.S. failure in Sudan

As fighting rages, the Biden administration is dealing with the crisis in a manner as haphazard as the overall policy.

May 3, 2023

Biden’s economic diplomacy push with China is high risk, low reward

Talk of Janet L. Yellen or Gina Raimondo visiting Beijing suggests that President Biden’s China strategy has moved to campaign mode.

April 26, 2023

Chinese police stations in NYC are part of a vast influence operation

To stop Beijing’s long arm of repression, Democrats and Republicans will need to come together.

April 19, 2023

The most shocking intel leak reveals new Chinese military advances

According to top-secret documents, China's military has changed the balance of power in the Pacific.

April 13, 2023

Listen to Taiwan’s pleas, not China’s grumbles

Taiwan’s president has a lot to say, but Beijing is trying to drown her out.

April 5, 2023