Evan Osnos

Evan Osnos

@eosnos.bsky.social

Staff Writer @NewYorker. Fellow in the China Center @Brookingsinst. Latest book, "The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich" https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Haves-and-Have-Yachts/Evan-Osnos/9781668204481

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Evan Osnos
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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

Evan Osnos
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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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Sarah Longwell
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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-...

newyorker.comSarah 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.
Evan Osnos
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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...

newamerica.orgMeet the Class of 2027 New America FellowsLearn 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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John Sipher
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“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.”

Evan Osnos@eosnos.bsky.social

5/5 The contest is not simply over speed. China has too much power in Xi and his cohort; America has too much in Trump and his Silicon Valley allies. The edge will go to the country that resists ideology and corruption—and gives people agency in their future. Read: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

newyorker.comThe Future, Made in ChinaBeijing is competing with the U.S. for tech supremacy. Who wins will have huge political implications.
Evan Osnos
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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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Evan Osnos
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4/5 While America has plunged into distractions, China has raced toward the future—helped by Trump’s tariffs, immigration restrictions, attacks on research, and budget cuts, which have driven talent home and weakened our competitive institutions.

Evan Osnos
@eosnos.bsky.social

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.

Evan Osnos
@eosnos.bsky.social

2/5 At a Beijing expo, a kiosk read my facial “micro-gestures” and found me 76.67% positive, with the rest divided between “fear” and “rage.” (Hard to argue.) Similar systems assign pupils risk levels; “Exposure Stations” post photos of those who sort their trash incorrectly.

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3/5 The industrial achievement is real. China makes 70% of the world’s drones, E.V.s, lithium-ion batteries, and solar cells; deploys more industrial robots than the rest of the world combined; and has shipbuilding capacity 200 times America’s.

Evan Osnos
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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

bigtentusa.orgFrom Mar-a-Lago to Mega-Yachts: Trump and the New Gilded Age - BigTentUSAJoin 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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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg
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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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Evan Osnos
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Indeed. Our podcast this week is on precisely the power of this message. In Hungary, the anti-corruption message hit Orban hard.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Absolutely. "These people are stealing your tax money, robbing you of services you paid for to enrich themselves. I will stop that." That's a pretty simple and effective message.

Evan Osnos
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "I'm the only president that ever took a cognitive test. I took it 3 times. It's actually a very hard test for a lot of people. It wasn't hard for me. It starts off with an easy question and by the time you get to the middle it gets tougher -- mathematical equations and things."

Evan Osnos
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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-...

newyorker.comWhat Could Go Wrong, or Right, in a War with IranThe 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
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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 👇

blogs.lse.ac.ukThe problem with billionaire power goes far beyond Epstein - LSE Review of BooksStinking Rich by scholar Carl Rhodes and The Haves and Have-Yachts by journalist Evan Osnos examine the problem of billionaire power that undermines democracy.
Evan Osnos
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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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President Donald Trump said Saturday that he wants a global tariff of 15%, up from 10% he had announced a day earlier after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down many of the far-reaching taxes on imports that he had imposed over the last year. https://to.pbs.org/4kObEMh

pbs.orgPresident Trump increases global tariffs to 15% after Supreme Court decisionPresident Donald Trump said Saturday that he was raising the global tariff he wants to impose to 15%, up from 10% he had announced a day earlier.
Evan Osnos
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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...

newyorker.comJeffrey Epstein’s Bonfire of the ÉlitesHis 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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Garrett M. Graff
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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.

West Seattle Bike Blob@westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social

Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets

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Nicholas Grossman
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Public outrage, sustained attention, and effort by elected officials can together make a real difference.

Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.social

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

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ShokoSJ 🫘
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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...

podcasts.apple.comA Stark Warning About the 2026 Election, with Robert KaganPodcast Episode · The Political Scene | The New Yorker · 01/16/2026 · 43m
Evan Osnos
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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...

newyorker.comIs 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.