Ravi Agrawal headshot
Ravi Agrawal headshot

Ravi Agrawal

Editor in Chief [email protected]

Ravi Agrawal is the editor in chief of Foreign Policy. He is also the host of FP Live, the magazine's video channel and podcast, on which he regularly interviews world leaders and policymakers. Before joining FP in 2018, Agrawal worked at CNN for more than a decade in full-time roles spanning three continents, including as the network’s New Delhi bureau chief and correspondent. He has shared a Peabody Award and three Emmy nominations for his work as a TV producer, and his writing for FP was part of a series nominated for a 2020 National Magazine Award for columns and commentary. Agrawal is the author of India Connected: How the Smartphone Is Transforming the World’s Largest Democracy. He is a graduate of Harvard University.

Articles by Ravi Agrawal
The Fall 2025 cover of Foreign Policy magazine with an illustration of a tattered flag with a globe waving from a makeshift stick flagpole/
The Fall 2025 cover of Foreign Policy magazine with an illustration of a tattered flag with a globe waving from a makeshift stick flagpole/
Opposition activists burn an effigy of U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kolkata, India, on Aug. 1, as they protest against U.S. tariffs on India.
Opposition activists burn an effigy of U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kolkata, India, on Aug. 1, as they protest against U.S. tariffs on India.
Visitors walk past the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 14, 2022.
Visitors walk past the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 14, 2022.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif looks on during a press conference in Baghdad on April 26, 2021.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif looks on during a press conference in Baghdad on April 26, 2021.
A man works at the construction site of a residential skyscraper in Shanghai on Nov. 29, 2016.
A man works at the construction site of a residential skyscraper in Shanghai on Nov. 29, 2016.
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House in Washington, DC on August 18.
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House in Washington, DC on August 18.
Military forces standby with flags in the background.
Military forces standby with flags in the background.
Shipping containers are stacked at PortMiami in Miami on July 30.
Shipping containers are stacked at PortMiami in Miami on July 30.
A pro-Palestinian protester chants and carries a flag while marching in London on March 15.
A pro-Palestinian protester chants and carries a flag while marching in London on March 15.
Ukrainian soldiers fire self-propelled artillery toward Russian positions in the eastern Donetsk region on Aug. 8, 2024.
Ukrainian soldiers fire self-propelled artillery toward Russian positions in the eastern Donetsk region on Aug. 8, 2024.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto speaks about tariffs and the economy in Jakarta on April 8.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto speaks about tariffs and the economy in Jakarta on April 8.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accompanied by U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks during a dinner at the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 7.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accompanied by U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks during a dinner at the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 7.
U.S. dollars are shown next to a stack of Myanmar kyat notes in Yangon on May 30, 2024.
U.S. dollars are shown next to a stack of Myanmar kyat notes in Yangon on May 30, 2024.
U.S. National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski speaks with U.S. President Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office on Jan. 21, 1977.
U.S. National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski speaks with U.S. President Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office on Jan. 21, 1977.
The cover of Foreign Policy's Summer 2025 issue shows Donald Trump walking into a time portal of historical picture frames.
The cover of Foreign Policy's Summer 2025 issue shows Donald Trump walking into a time portal of historical picture frames.