Assessing the North Korean threat

Event Details

American Forum

PBS World Channel National Broadcast: Virginia, Nov. 12,/Nationally, Nov. 15, 2017

Evan Osnos joined The New Yorker as a staff writer in 2008, and covers politics and foreign affairs. For four years, he wrote the "Letter from China" for newyorker.com. Parts of his book, Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China based on eight years of living in Beijing, first appeared in the magazine. The book won the 2014 the National Book Award in nonfiction and was a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction. Previously, he worked as Beijing bureau chief for the Chicago Tribune, where he was part of a team that won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. Before his assignment to China, he worked in the Middle East, reporting mostly from Iraq. He has also contributed to “This American Life” and been a correspondent for “Frontline/World.” He is the recipient of the Osborn Elliott Prize and a Livingston Award for Young Journalists. A book signing will follow his appearance.