Josh Rogin

Josh Rogin
Born1978 or 1979 (age 45–46)[1]
NationalityAmerican
EducationBA International Affairs George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs[2][3]
Sophia University[4]
OccupationJournalist
EmployerThe Washington Post
Known forWashington Post Columnist for foreign policy and national security[5]
CNN political analyst[6]
SpouseAli Rogin (née Weinberg)[7]
Children1 (Anne)
Parent(s)Sharon and Michael Rogin[8]
FamilyMax Weinberg (father-in-law)[9]
Jay Weinberg (brother-in-law)[10]

Josh Rogin is an American journalist currently serving as a foreign policy columnist for the Global Opinions section of The Washington Post and a political analyst for CNN.[11][12] He is author of the book Chaos Under Heaven: Trump, Xi, and the Battle for the 21st Century.[13]

Biography

Rogin is Jewish and was raised in Bensalem, Pennsylvania in the suburbs of Philadelphia.[14][15][16][17] He graduated with a B.A. in international affairs from the George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs.[18][19] After graduation, he worked as a journalist covering foreign policy and national security for Newsweek, The Daily Beast, Foreign Policy, Bloomberg View, The Washington Post, Federal Computer Week, Asahi Shimbun of Japan, and Congressional Quarterly.[20][21][22][23][24][25][26] He is currently a foreign policy columnist for The Washington Post's Global Opinions section and a political analyst for CNN.

He is author of the book, Chaos Under Heaven: Trump, Xi, and the Battle for the 21st Century, published in March 2021.[27][28][29]

Rogin describes his politics as "neoliberal with a constructivist streak."[30]

Awards

Rogin was a 2008-2009 National Press Foundation's Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellow and a 2009 military reporting fellow with the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism.[31] In 2011, Rogin was a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists and the 2011 recipient of the Interaction Award for Excellence in International Reporting.[32]

Wuhan lab theory

Main article: Investigations into the origin of COVID-19

In April 2020, Rogin published a column about diplomatic cables written by US diplomats in 2018 that reported safety and staffing concerns the diplomats had expressed after three visits in late 2017 and early 2018 to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.[33] The cables reported that the WIV scientists claimed they did not have proper staffing and training to safely operate the Institute's Biosafety Level 4 lab. The US diplomats also warned that the Institute was performing risky research on bat coronaviruses in their labs.[34] The cables were seen by some US officials to support a hypothesis that the Wuhan Institute of Virology's research may have resulted in a lab accident that caused the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.[35][36]

Incidents

In 2014, Rogin was credited with recording and revealing statements made in a private meeting of the Trilateral Commission by US Secretary of State John Kerry, who posited that Israel could become an "apartheid state."[37] Invitees had all previously agreed that they would not record or report on speakers' remarks without permission.[38] Rogin posted an article on The Daily Beast, which forced Kerry to issue a letter of apology to Jewish and Israeli leaders.[39][40] Rogin originally stated that he received the information from an attendee's recording.[41] He later admitted that he made the recording himself.[42] Rogin ultimately defended himself by stating he was not an invitee and therefore was not bound by the off the record agreement.[43]

Rogin was physically assaulted in 2013 by comedian Dan Nainan, after tweeting disparagingly about Nainan's standup performance at a charity comedy event at the DC Improv. Nainan saw Rogin's tweets after his set, approached Rogin in the back of the club, and punched him twice in the face in front of several witnesses. Nainan was arrested and later pleaded guilty to assault.[44][45]

Personal life

In 2016, he married PBS Newshour foreign affairs producer Ali Weinberg[46] (daughter of Max Weinberg and sister of Jay Weinberg)[1] in a Jewish ceremony in Washington D.C.[47][48]

References

  1. ^ a b Jordan, Chris (April 19, 2016). "E Street wedding: Max Weinberg's daughter marries". USA Today. Weinberg, the 28-year old journalist daughter of E Street Band drummer "Mighty" Max Weinberg, married Bloomberg View columnist and CNN analyst Josh Rogin, 37, at Washington's, D.C.'s Meridian House, according to the Washington Post.
  2. ^ "The George Washington University Washington D.C. Metro Area". alumnius.net. Alumni US. Retrieved February 8, 2020. Josh Rogin, Washington D.C. Metro Area Columnist at Bloomberg View and Political Analyst at CNN
  3. ^ "Josh Rogin Author Page". foreignpolicy.com. Foreign Policy Insider. Retrieved February 8, 2020. A graduate of George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs
  4. ^ "Speakers - The Sedona Forum". thesedonaforum.com. The Sedona Forum. Retrieved February 8, 2020. Josh holds a B.A. in international affairs from the George Washington University and studied at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan
  5. ^ "Josh Rogin Author Page". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  6. ^ "Josh Rogin Political Analyst". cnn.com. CNN. Retrieved February 8, 2020. Josh Rogin is a CNN political analyst, as well as a columnist on foreign policy and national security for Bloomberg View.
  7. ^ Prince, Cathryn (October 22, 2020). "Daughter of Springsteen drummer pens book on beating breast cancer like a boss". timesofisrael.com. Time of Israel. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  8. ^ Arundel, John (April 18, 2016). "Society Weddings: Ali Weinberg and Josh Rogin". washingtonlife.com. Washington Life Magazine. Retrieved February 8, 2021. the father and mother of the groom, Sharon and Michael Rogin
  9. ^ Heil, Emily (April 18, 2016). "Wedding bells (and a Springsteen cameo) for journalists Josh Rogin and Ali Weinberg". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 8, 2021. the bride's dad is Max Weinberg, the drummer for Bruce Springsteen's band
  10. ^ Yudelson, Larry (December 9, 2020). "Born with BRCA". jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com. The Jewish Standard. Retrieved February 8, 2021. Mr. Weinberg said he has been going through old papers. "I saved everything, every essay, every letter from my children." He and Becky have two, Ali and her brother, Jay.
  11. ^ "Josh Rogin Author Page". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  12. ^ "Josh Rogin Political Analyst". cnn.com. CNN. Retrieved February 8, 2020. Josh Rogin is a CNN political analyst, as well as a columnist on foreign policy and national security for Bloomberg View.
  13. ^ "Chaos Under Heaven: America, China, and the Battle for the Twenty-First Century". publishersweekly.com. Publishers Weekly. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  14. ^ Byers, Dylan (April 29, 2014). "Josh Rogin, repeat offender". politico.com. Politico. Retrieved February 8, 2021. I e-mailed Rogin this morning with a question: Had he taped the dialogue, or taken notes on it? For those non-Jews out there, or for my apostate Jewish readers (some of my best friends are apostate Jews), it would be a violation of the law and spirit of Yom Kippur to do either thing. Rogin e-mailed me back the following: "I attended the talk and wrote the story from notes I jotted down when I got home. I assumed a recording device would not be kosher."
  15. ^ "Jews in the News: Julianna Margulies, Paul Rudd and Josh Rogin". jewishtampa.com. Tampa Jewish and Community Centers. May 3, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2021. A "mazel tov" to MAX WEINBERG, 65 (most famous as Bruce Springsteen's drummer). On April 16, his daughter, ALI WEINBERG, 30ish, wed Bloomberg View/CNN political analyst JOSH ROGIN, 35ish. The bride is a digital journalist for ABC News. Perhaps because Ali's mother isn't Jewish, a rabbi didn't preside—but the couple married under a chuppah and the traditional Jewish wedding blessings, etc. were said by the officiant.
  16. ^ "Classmate Profiles (1997)". bensalemowls.org. Bensalem Township High School. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  17. ^ Allen, Mike (December 31, 2015). "POLITICO Playbook, presented by NextGen Climate". politico.com. Politico. Retrieved February 8, 2021. Josh Rogin, the pride of Bensalem, Penn.
  18. ^ "Josh Rogin Author Page". foreignpolicy.com. Foreign Policy Insider. Retrieved February 8, 2020. A graduate of George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs
  19. ^ "Josh Rogin". McCain Institute. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  20. ^ Schwab, Nikki (September 9, 2013). "Comedian Arrested After Punching Journalist Josh Rogin at D.C.'s Funniest Celebrity Competition". usnews.com. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved February 8, 2021. with Newsweek Daily Beast Correspondent Josh Rogin
  21. ^ "Josh Rogin Author Page". bloomberg.com. Bloomberg View. 17 May 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2020. Josh Rogin is a former Bloomberg View columnist.
  22. ^ Byers, Dylan (May 6, 2013). "FP's Josh Rogin joins The Daily Beast". politico.com. Politico. Retrieved February 9, 2021. The Daily Beast has hired Josh Rogin, a senior staff writer with Foreign Policy and author of The Cable blog.
  23. ^ "Josh Rogin Author Page". foreignpolicy.com. Foreign Policy. 3 May 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  24. ^ Lippman, Daniel (December 31, 2017). "Birthday of the Day: Josh Rogin, WashPost columnist and CNN political analyst". politico.com. Politico. Retrieved February 9, 2021. After teaching English in Japan, I got hired as a news assistant for the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun and dispatched to the Pentagon. While there, I could be reliably depended on to change the subject of any press conference to U.S.-Japan relations, a foil Don Rumsfeld availed himself of liberally. After two years, I hit my head on the "rice paper ceiling" and moved on to Federal Computer Week magazine. The rest is history.
  25. ^ Stabile, Angelica (August 10, 2021). "Washington Post columnist Rogin calls out NBC News over 'several errors' in report on Wuhan lab". foxnews.com. FOX News. Retrieved February 9, 2021. A new NBC News report on the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) -- the lab from where the coronavirus pandemic may have originated -- is inconsistent and misleading, according to a thread of tweets from Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin.
  26. ^ "Josh Rogin Author Feed". rollcall.com. CQ Roll Call (formerly Congressional Quarterly). Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  27. ^ "Chaos Under Heaven". Kirkus Reviews. March 8, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  28. ^ Blumenthal, Dan (May 11, 2021). "'Chaos Under Heaven' Review: How to Ride a Wild Dragon". The Wall Street Journal.
  29. ^ Green, Lloyd (2021-03-14). "Chaos Under Heaven review: Trump as raging bull in a China policy shop". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  30. ^ Josh Rogin on Twitter (14 March 2019) https://twitter.com/joshrogin/status/1106167212723916801
  31. ^ "Josh Rogin Author Page". foreignpolicy.com. Foreign Policy. 3 May 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2021. He was a 2008-2009 National Press Foundation's Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellow, 2009 military reporting fellow with the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism and the 2011 recipient of the InterAction Award for Excellence in International Reporting. He hails from Philadelphia and lives in Washington, D.C.
  32. ^ Ravenscroft, Elise (November 27, 2017). "IFE Global Connections Series presents: Beyond the Headlines with Dr. Hamdullah Mohib". instituteforeducation.org. Institute for Education. Retrieved February 9, 2021. Rogin was a 2011 finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists and the 2011 recipient of the Interaction Award for Excellence in International Reporting
  33. ^ Allsop, Jon (April 15, 2020). "China, conspiracy theories, and the murky coronavirus origin story". cjr.org. Columbia Journalism review. Retrieved February 9, 2021. Yesterday, Josh Rogin, of the Washington Post, published a column that appeared in the paper's Global Opinions section, but contained bombshell new reporting. Per Rogin, in early 2018, officials from the US Embassy in Beijing repeatedly visited a laboratory in Wuhan where researchers were studying coronaviruses in bats, and their possible transmissibility to humans. Embassy staff were so concerned about safety issues they said they'd observed on their visits that they sent two warnings back to the State Department, urging the US government to give the lab support. In the first of the cables, which Rogin obtained, officials warned that the lab's work on coronaviruses "represented a risk of a new SARS-like pandemic."
  34. ^ Rogin, Josh (April 14, 2020). "Opinion: State Department cables warned of safety issues at Wuhan lab studying bat coronaviruses". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 9, 2021. Two years before the novel coronavirus pandemic upended the world, U.S. Embassy officials visited a Chinese research facility in the city of Wuhan several times and sent two official warnings back to Washington about inadequate safety at the lab, which was conducting risky studies on coronaviruses from bats. The cables have fueled discussions inside the U.S. government about whether this or another Wuhan lab was the source of the virus — even though conclusive proof has yet to emerge.
  35. ^ "Following 2018 State Department Warnings Of Safety Issues At Wuhan Lab Studying Coronaviruses, Murphy, Markey Press Pompeo For Answers On Trump Administration's Response". murphy.senate.gov. Senator Chris Murphy. April 28, 2020. "We understand that as early as January 2018 Department officials issued warnings about the WIV, including the serious shortage of appropriately trained technicians needed to safely manage research on potentially deadly zoonotic coronaviruses. While the exact origin of the 2019 novel coronavirus has not yet been determined and there is no evidence linking the virus to the WIV, it is important to understand how the administration responded to these warnings. This is not academic: unless we fully understand what happened we will be unable to effectively act and lead the world to prevent the next global pandemic," said Murphy and Markey.
  36. ^ Chakraborty, Barnini (April 14, 2020). "State Department leaked cables renew theories on origin of coronavirus". foxnews.com. FOX News. Retrieved February 9, 2021. U.S. Embassy officials warned in January 2018 about inadequate safety at the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab and passed on information about scientists conducting risky research on coronavirus from bats, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. Those cables have renewed speculation inside the U.S. government about whether Wuhan-based labs were the source of the novel coronavirus, although no firm connection has been established. The theory, however, has gained traction in recent days. Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday afternoon, "It should be no surprise to you that we have taken a keen interest in that and we've had a lot of intelligence take a hard look at that. I would just say at this point, it's inconclusive, although the weight of evidence seems to indicate natural, but we don't know for certain."
  37. ^ Byers, Dylan (April 29, 2014). "Josh Rogin, repeat offender". politico.com. Politico. Retrieved February 9, 2021. On Monday, I reported that Daily Beast reporter Josh Rogin had been accused of secretly recording Secretary of State John Kerry's remarks at last week's Trilateral Commission event in Washington. Rogin's reporting on those remarks, however he obtained them, led to great frustration at the State Dept. -- Kerry drew fire from Jewish organizations for saying that Israel could become "an apartheid state"
  38. ^ Byers, Dylan (April 29, 2014). "Josh Rogin, repeat offender". politico.com. Politico. Retrieved February 9, 2021. In regard to the Trilateral Commission event, Rogin refuses to say who provided him with the tape recording: "I don't comment on my sourcing," he told POLITICO. "I didn't break any rules or agreements in the reporting of this article." (Rogin was not invited to the Commission event, and therefore not bound to the privacy agreement.)
  39. ^ Rogin, Josh (July 12, 2017). "Damn Right I Taped Kerry's 'Apartheid' Talk". thedailybeast.com. The Daily Beast. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  40. ^ Beaumont, Peter (April 29, 2014). "John Kerry apologises for Israel 'apartheid' remarks". The Guardian. Retrieved February 9, 2021. The US secretary of state, John Kerry, has apologised for warning that Israel risked becoming an "apartheid state" if it did not reach a peace deal with the Palestinians, following a barrage of criticism in America. According to reports, his remarks were apparently recorded after a reporter, who was not invited to the event and so not bound by the meeting's non-attribution agreement, managed to get in.
  41. ^ Calderone, Michael (April 29, 2014). "Daily Beast Editor Defends Reporting John Kerry 'Apartheid' Remark". huffpost.com. Huffington Post. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  42. ^ Byers, Dylan (May 2, 2014). "Josh Rogin comes clean on Kerry tape". politico.com. Politico. Retrieved February 9, 2021. Rogin actually didn't do anything wrong in taping the event. Because he was not invited, he was not bound by the off-the-record agreement made by other guests. But given that he didn't do anything wrong, you have to wonder why it took him so long to come clean on his sourcing. In his first report, Rogin attribued [sic] his knowledge of Sec. Kerry's remarks to "an attendee." In subsquent [sic] reports, including the "apartheid" report, he attributed it to a tape "obtained by The Daily Beast." As Rogin disclosed on Friday, the attendee was himself, and the tape was his own: "I... attributed Kerry's remarks to 'an attendee' because there I was", he wrote, adding: "Once I got home and had a chance to listen to the tapes, I sourced Kerry's remarks to a recording obtained by The Daily Beast." Yet back on Monday, when I asked Rogin about Nye's accusation that he taped the remarks, Rogin said, "I don't comment on my sourcing. I didn't break any rules or agreements in the reporting of this article." He refused to say whether or not he'd taped the event, and stipulated that it was simply an allegation, not a fact.
  43. ^ Larson, Leslie (April 29, 2014). "Event organizers apologize to John Kerry after Israel 'apartheid' comment leaks". nydailynews.com. The New York Daily News. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  44. ^ Schwab, Nikki (September 25, 2013). "Comedian Arrested After Punching Journalist Josh Rogin at D.C.'s Funniest Celebrity Competition". usnews.com. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved February 9, 2021. Comedy headliner Dan Nainan -- a professional comedian who in the past has performed for President Obama -- got into a skirmish with Newsweek Daily Beast Correspondent Josh Rogin. Rogin sent out several Tweets during Nainan's set.
  45. ^ Cilliza, Chris (September 27, 2013). "Who had the worst week in Washington? Comedian Dan Nainan". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 9, 2021. Nainan approached Rogin after his act and punched him in the face, pushed him, then took two more swings (only one of which connected), according to Rogin. Nainan denied that, telling The Post's Reliable Source he was simply standing up for the other comedians on the stage that night. Nainan was arrested and charged with simple assault.
  46. ^ "PBS NewsHour Names Award-Winning Journalist Ali Rogin Foreign Affairs Producer". pbs.org. PBS. February 22, 2019. Retrieved February 9, 2021. NewsHour executive producer Sara Just today named award-winning journalist Ali Rogin the nightly news broadcast's newest foreign affairs producer.
  47. ^ Arundel, John (April 18, 2016). "Society Weddings: Ali Weinberg and Josh Rogin". washingtonlife.com. Washington Life Magazine. Retrieved February 9, 2021. The Jewish ceremony was held in the Meridian Center's garden, which in the late afternoon simply radiated with red and yellow tulips lining the chuppah.
  48. ^ "Josh Rogin, Ali Rogin Wedding". politico.com. Politico. April 16, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2021. Married Last Night: Bloomberg's Josh Rogin and ABC's Ali Weinberg. Her dad, Max Weinberg, and his entire E Street Band performed at the reception at D.C.'s Meridian House.
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