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
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Kushner’s Gaza remarks are a dark signal for Trump’s second-term policy

With Trump’s Israel policy unstated, comments by his former Middle East advisor strike many as worrisome.

March 22, 2024
Jared Kushner at a news briefing at the White House in 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump’s TikTok reversal suggests his China policy is for sale

Is Republican foreign policy now held hostage to Trump’s personal interests?

March 11, 2024
Women pass ByteDance headquarters in Beijing in August 2020, when President Donald Trump issued an executive order banning TikTok in the United States. The ban was later overturned.

Biden’s opportunity to break with Netanyahu has arrived

President Biden’s policy on the crisis is rightly viewed as a mess. Here’s what he could do to reset it.

March 7, 2024
President Biden delivers his State of the Union on Capitol Hill on Feb. 7, 2023. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post)

Three island nations show how America is failing to stand up to China

Congress is neglecting three tiny Pacific island allies, and China stands ready to swoop in.

February 29, 2024
President Biden at the U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum Summit leaders group photo at the White House on Sept. 25. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)

Ukrainians want to know if NATO still wants them

It’s not only physical security that hinges on NATO membership but also Ukraine’s ability to determine its future.

February 23, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Vice President Harris at the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 17.

J.D. Vance goes all the way to Munich just to insult Ukraine

The MAGA case against Ukraine: It’s hard for it to win without aid that MAGA politicians won’t provide.

February 21, 2024
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) speaks at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Sunday. (Matthias Schrader/AP)

Europe is panicking about Ukraine aid. Biden’s team should tell the truth.

Aid to Ukraine might not materialize. And if Trump becomes president, he could pull the U.S. out of NATO. Europe must be prepared.

February 15, 2024
President Biden and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Dec. 12 in D.C.  (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post)

Ukraine supporters need to find a way around the MAGA obstructionists

To get national security funding done — or anything else in Congress — leaders in both parties must work against or around MAGA obstructionists, not with them.

February 10, 2024
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) arrives for a news conference on Feb. 6 on Capitol Hill. (Kent Nishimura for The Washington Post)

Inside the crucial mission of U.S. troops at Tower 22

The U.S. soldiers who were attacked and killed in Jordan were on a noble and necessary assignment. Their vital mission must not be abandoned.

February 1, 2024
An Oct. 12 satellite view of the U.S. military outpost known as Tower 22, in the Rukban area of Jordan.

Biden’s ‘catastrophic’ cutoff of Palestinian aid is more than inhumane

Even if U.N. staff were involved in the horrific Oct. 7 attack, cutting off food and health aid to civilians deepens suffering and is counter to U.S. interests.

January 30, 2024
Displaced Palestinians hold empty pots as they line up for food aid in the Rafah refugee camp in Southern Gaza Strip on Thursday. (Haitham Imad/EPA-EFA/Shutterstock)