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Evan Osnos

@eosnos.bsky.social
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Staff Writer @NewYorker. Fellow in the China Center @Brookingsinst. Latest book, "The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich" www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-…

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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The fact there is no grand bargain to be had between the US and China on AI must not become an excuse for inaction. Beijing prizes political security, but the alarming incidents recently have caught their attention and create an opening for first steps
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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Xi on track to land in DC tonight with a deceptively modest goal: keep things basically as they are. Extend the trade truce. Push off pressure over Taiwan. Give Trump the cordial relationship he values. Above all, prolong what Beijing sees as a window of geopolitical opportunity.
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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I don't post often about fiction but I happen to be reading Ayad Akhtar's latest, The Radiance, and Abe Verghese is right: "Simply put, a work of genius." If you're in DC Sept 30, Ayad is will be in convo with @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/ayad-akhta...
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Ayad Akhtar — The Radiance - with Jeffrey Goldberg — at Betts Theater
Join us for an evening in conversation with Ayad Akhtar for his new novel, The Radiance.
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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Had a great time chatting with @eosnos.bsky.social on The @newyorker.com Radio Hour about my upcoming book, How to Eat an Elephant: One Voter at a Time, and how we defeat MAGA-style politics for good. Check it out: www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
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Sarah Longwell, a Former Republican, on “How to Eat an Elephant”
Working with focus groups, Longwell keeps a bead on what voters are really thinking, and how to combat Trumpism. She presents the playbook to the New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos.
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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Honored to be a 2027 #NewAmericaFellow. Some of my favorite books and films and have emerged from the @newamerica.org fellows program, which backs journalists, scholars, filmmakers, policy experts etc in digging into powerful stories and issues. The new crew: www.newamerica.org/insights/mee...
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Meet the Class of 2027 New America Fellows
Learn more about the Class of 2027 New America Fellows and the projects they will develop over the course of their fellowship term.
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Ivo Daalder @ivodaalder.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I spoke with @eosnos.bsky.social, Sebastian Mallaby, and @marietjeschaake.bsky.social about how AI is changing the World. An often-chilling conversation about the technology, the people behind it, and how very different societies are trying to cope. newsletter.ivodaalder.com/p/world-revi...
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World Review: How AI Is Changing the World
A synopsis of this week's edition of World Review
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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Thank you @nprfreshair.bsky.social and Terry Gross for the conversation. www.npr.org/2026/08/12/n...
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Has the U.S. lost its dominance to China?
Beijing may be benefiting from the war in Iran and Trump's tariffs and has an edge in the competition for tech supremacy. The New Yorker's Evan Osnos discusses his story "The Future, Made in China."
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
“In Beijing, a think tank at Renmin University recently published an assessment titled “Thank Trump,” which wryly hailed his efforts to hasten the “twilight of an empire,” by undermining America’s alliances, civil service, scientific institutions, and democratic credibility.”
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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
1/5 I went back to China to parse what is real tech from what is hype. The clearest fact: the depth of an alternative technological universe: ubiquitous E.V.s, more clinical trials than the U.S.; A.I. systems reaching into workplaces, schools, and even neighborhood trash bins.
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Diana Kapp @dianakapp.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
It's a gift when someone takes the time to read your work so thoughtfully. Thank you, Evan Osnos.
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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Tomorrow: talking Trump-era corruption and the rise of trillionaire-politics with @edwardluce.bsky.social hosted by @bigtentusa.bsky.social 📅 June 17 | 7 PM ET | Virtual bigtentusa.org/event/the-ha... RSVP free: bigtentusa.org/event/the-ha... cc: @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
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From Mar-a-Lago to Mega-Yachts: Trump and the New Gilded Age - BigTentUSA
Join BigTentUSA on Wednesday, June 17 at 7pm ET for a virtual conversation moderated by Financial Times US National Editor, Ed Luce, with acclaimed journalist and New Yorker staff writer […]
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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Paperback of THE HAVES AND HAVE-YACHTS arrives this week, alongside history's first trillionaire—a fortune 5 million times the median American family’s net worth. Thanks to @scribnerbooks.bsky.social @newyorker.com and everyone who has spent time with these stories.
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Erika Is Still Writing @bluetit24.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Another great episode - one of my favorite podcasts. Thank you @eosnos.bsky.social @janemayer.bsky.social @sbg1.bsky.social #politics #democracy open.spotify.com/episode/1BAG...
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The Washington Roundtable Live: The Backlash Midterms
The Political Scene | The New Yorker · Episode
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 03/06/2026
Could economic anger drive a Democratic comeback in the 2026 midterms? Tomorrow at a live taping of the #PoliticalScene, @sbg1.bsky.social, @janemayer.bsky.social, @eosnos.bsky.social, and special guest David Remnick discuss. Get tickets here. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/ZilsUw
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 29/05/2026
From Trump’s rise to Zohran Mamdani’s victory, economic anger has become one of the most powerful forces in American life. Who can best channel it? At the #PoliticalScene live, @sbg1.bsky.social, @janemayer.bsky.social, @eosnos.bsky.social, David discuss. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/JOFzzv
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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg @factforce.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
1/2 One line from this👇 splendid conversation on #Beijing, geopolitics, and #AI stood out: when asked if they were disappointed by Trump’s betrayal of #Ukraine, #EU diplomats reportedly said, “No. We’ve simply moved on.” @preetbharara.bsky.social @eosnos.bsky.social #China #Russia #Europe
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Trump-Xi Summit Explained: China, AI, Taiwan, and America’s Future | Evan Osnos & Preet Bharara
YouTube video by Stay Tuned with Preet Bharara
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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Watching Trump’s visit here in Beijing reminded me that the CIA once did a classified study called “Chinese Political Negotiating Behavior." It explained the use of “gratitude, dependence, awe, and helplessness.” Its key advice: “Resist the flattery.” My dispatch: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Indeed. Our podcast this week is on precisely the power of this message. In Hungary, the anti-corruption message hit Orban hard.
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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Friends in Amsterdam, I'll be speaking Mon April 13th at the John Adams Institute, on "Shadows of the American Dream: On Inequality, Ambitions and Opportunity" www.john-adams.nl/evan-osnos/
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Noah Barkin @noahbarkin.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
“Trump fundamentally does not understand the consequences of going to war. That fact … is a function of an entire life of decisions and the absence of consequences for those decisions” @eosnos.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/t...
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The Art of No Deal: Trump’s Approach to the Iran War
Podcast Episode · The Political Scene | The New Yorker · 4 April · 40min
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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Accordion hands
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Robert Richards @rrichard09.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
his association with Christian nationalism is the topic of this week's Political Scene podcast from @newyorker.com , with @sbg1.bsky.social @janemayer.bsky.social and @eosnos.bsky.social : www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...
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Pete Hegseth’s Holy War
Christian nationalism was once a fringe ideology in America. The Secretary of War has ushered it into the heart of U.S. military force.
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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
"Tell me how this ends?" In an emergency Iran-edition of the Washington Roundtable from @newyorker.com, @janemayer.bsky.social @sbg1.bsky.social and I dig into the rationales, the blind spots, the finances, and the key lessons from Vietnam to Iraq and beyond swap.fm/l/tny-tps-Awdxs
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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
For what lies ahead in Iran, listen to David Remnick's interview (posted Friday) with Karim Sadjadpour, who has long predicted "the autumn of the ayatollahs" but warns "The last two decades has proven that we don't have the ability to dictate our preferred outcome." www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
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What Could Go Wrong, or Right, in a War with Iran
The foreign-policy analyst Karim Sadjadpour on what it would mean for the United States to pursue regime change in Iran, once again.
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LSE Review of Books @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
NEW: The problem with billionaire power goes far beyond Epstein. Stinking Rich by @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social @brisunipress.bsky.social & The Haves and Have-Yachts by @eosnos.bsky.social @newyorker.com @simonandschuster.bsky.social reveal how billionaires undermine democracy. Review by E. Coburn 👇
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The problem with billionaire power goes far beyond Epstein - LSE Review of Books
Stinking Rich by scholar Carl Rhodes and The Haves and Have-Yachts by journalist Evan Osnos examine the problem of billionaire power that undermines democracy.
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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Maybe a good moment to listen to this podcast on the historical pattern in which a frantic autocrat--advised by only cowering, compromised toadies--waddles into a flood of self-destructive choices. Mussolini invaded Ethiopia, then allied with Hitler, and so on www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...
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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Fascinating history of strongmen: The dopamine hit from power and impunity is intoxicating, but, craving a bigger hit, you go nuts -- and you lose the public. That's "autocratic backfire." With @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social @sbg1.bsky.social @janemayer.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...
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What Happens When a Megalomaniac Begins to Fail
The historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Donald Trump and “autocratic backfire.”
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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
What happens when speaking truth to power becomes a crime? A conversation with Mark Clifford and Evan Osnos on Jimmy Lai and the cost of free expression. Feb 18, 6:30 PM. Hybrid. RSVP: www.gc.cuny.edu/events/troub...
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
It’s time to name names youtu.be/SwkBtKulhJk?...
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The End Of Epstein's Ring Being Protected w/ Evan Osnos
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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
In the Epstein era "wealth and ostentation are all too often associated w/ social status, unchecked privilege, and unaccountability...money can seemingly buy—or buy off—virtually anything, and ethical qualms are for the weak-minded." by @johncassidysays.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
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Jeffrey Epstein’s Bonfire of the Élites
His correspondence illuminates a rarefied world in which money can seemingly buy—or buy off—virtually anything, and ethical qualms are for the weak-minded.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Keep pushing Norm.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
China hands in NYC Feb 18: Come hear the amazing story of Jimmy Lai: "billionaire businessman...who became China’s most famous political prisoner." I'll interview biographer @marklclifford.bsky.social who heads @thecfhk.bsky.social Details @cuny.edu's @biographyctr www.gc.cuny.edu/events/troub...
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The Troublemaker: How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire...and China's Most Feared Critic - Mark Clifford in Conversation with Evan Osnos
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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
A masterclass by @vermontgmg.bsky.social on how ICE/CBP became so specifically incompetent and violent. Unintelligent design--capped off by a fateful order from Stephen Miller. w @janemayer.bsky.social @sbg1.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
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From 9/11 to Minneapolis: How ICE Became a Paramilitary Force
Podcast Episode · The Political Scene | The New Yorker · 01/30/2026 · 30m
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Public outrage, sustained attention, and effort by elected officials can together make a real difference.
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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Talked about Xi Jinping, Taiwan, etc with Jon Finer and Jake Sullivan, who've met with a lot of senior Chinese officials, including (now-purged) Gen. Zhang Youxia. Zhang stood out for going off-script open.spotify.com/show/6Df7AyU...
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Does China’s Military Purge Raise the Risk Over Taiwan? (with Evan Osnos)
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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
A government can only go to war against its citizens if it can afford to ignore them. The road to Minneapolis ran through the gilded line-up beside Trump at Inauguration. Oligarchy is the timely topic this Fri/Sat at an amazing event, details here @ucirvine.bsky.social sites.uci.edu/forum/
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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Wow. A moment in Robert Worth's dispatch from Minneapolis. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 25/01/2026
DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
genuinely stunning image

Thousands of protesters shut down parts of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Friday as hundreds of businesses closed their doors. David Guttenfelder/The New York Times
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 20/01/2026
The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
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ShokoSJ 🫘 @shokostjohn.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Bone chilling, but important episode for all to listen… super important. Thank you for making my weekend, peppered with expertise, knowledge and most importantly, humor and the laughter, @janemayer.bsky.social, @eosnos.bsky.social and @sbg1.bsky.social 🙏🙏 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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A Stark Warning About the 2026 Election, with Robert Kagan
Podcast Episode · The Political Scene | The New Yorker · 01/16/2026 · 43m
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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Local Newspapers Are Closing. Local News Is Surviving. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
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Opinion | Local Newspapers Are Closing. Local News Is Surviving.
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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
I can't remember the last time that a political conversation hit me harder than this week's roundtable on Venezuela, Minneapolis, and the blaring alarms of history. With my amazing colleagues @janemayer.bsky.social and @sbg1.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...
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Is Donald Trump Creating the Conditions for Another World War?
“What you’re seeing both abroad and at home are completely optional conflicts created by the character of the President,” Jane Mayer says.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
So excited to watch The Political Scene taping their weekly show live at @harvardiop.bsky.social with the amazing @sbg1.bsky.social @janemayer.bsky.social and @eosnos.bsky.social talking about one year since Trump's election.
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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Take 22 minutes to watch this. Trust me. The end of USAID through the story of a baby named Jane Sunday. "We've found the formula and we delivered it. And then we took it away," says @agawande.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
We're answering listener questions this week in a special 2026 Midterms preview on The Political Scene podcast from @newyorker.com So, what issues/personae/themes do you wonder about and why? What perplexes? Send us a voice memo at themail@newyorker.com, with “midterms” in the subject line.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Please listen. Super smart, inspiring and practical. And it doesn't rely on the Democratic Party... @janemayer.bsky.social @eosnos.bsky.social @sbg1.bsky.social @hardymerriman.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Jimmy Kimmel and the Power of Public Pressure
Podcast Episode · The Political Scene | The New Yorker · 09/27/2025 · 44m
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