Ravi Agrawal headshot
Ravi Agrawal headshot

Ravi Agrawal

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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
A Palestinian girl carries a child through the rubble of houses destroyed by Israeli bombardment in Gaza City on March 3, 2024.
A Palestinian girl carries a child through the rubble of houses destroyed by Israeli bombardment in Gaza City on March 3, 2024.
Donald Trump tosses a pen into the crowd holding several pens in the other hand
Donald Trump tosses a pen into the crowd holding several pens in the other hand
U.S. President Donald Trump signs executive orders during the inaugural parade in Washington on Jan. 20.
U.S. President Donald Trump signs executive orders during the inaugural parade in Washington on Jan. 20.
Asylum-seekers wait for processing near the U.S.-Mexico border in California on Feb. 2, 2024.
Asylum-seekers wait for processing near the U.S.-Mexico border in California on Feb. 2, 2024.
A refugee from the war in Sudan carries her belongings after arriving at a transit center for refugees in South Sudan on Feb. 13, 2024.
A refugee from the war in Sudan carries her belongings after arriving at a transit center for refugees in South Sudan on Feb. 13, 2024.
The Winter 2025 FP magazine cover includes an illustration of Donald Trump holding segments of a broken rollercoaster as cars go through a loop above his head. A headline says: Trump World.
The Winter 2025 FP magazine cover includes an illustration of Donald Trump holding segments of a broken rollercoaster as cars go through a loop above his head. A headline says: Trump World.
An illustrations shows the silhouette of Donald Trump with a face filled with pricetags.
An illustrations shows the silhouette of Donald Trump with a face filled with pricetags.
U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with President-elect Donald Trump in the White House Oval Office in Washington on Nov. 13, 2024.
U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with President-elect Donald Trump in the White House Oval Office in Washington on Nov. 13, 2024.
An Israeli artillery unit fires across the border toward Lebanon on Jan. 11.
An Israeli artillery unit fires across the border toward Lebanon on Jan. 11.
A man pulls a dolley stacked high with boxes across the floor of a warehouse room. Another stack of boxes looms in the foreground, with a paper taped to the top box labeling it as from USAID in English and Arabic writing.
A man pulls a dolley stacked high with boxes across the floor of a warehouse room. Another stack of boxes looms in the foreground, with a paper taped to the top box labeling it as from USAID in English and Arabic writing.
Wind turbines operate at a wind farm near solar panels near Palm Springs.
Wind turbines operate at a wind farm near solar panels near Palm Springs.
An employee makes a chip at a JieJie Semiconductor factory in Nantong, China, on March 17, 2021.

















a factory of Jiejie Semiconductor Company in Nantong, in eastern China's Jiangsu province on March 17, 2021. - China OUT (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)
An employee makes a chip at a JieJie Semiconductor factory in Nantong, China, on March 17, 2021. a factory of Jiejie Semiconductor Company in Nantong, in eastern China's Jiangsu province on March 17, 2021. - China OUT (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)
A man waves a Hezbollah flag as he drives past the rubble of a building in Beirut’s southern suburbs as people returned to the area to check their homes after the cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect on Nov. 27.
A man waves a Hezbollah flag as he drives past the rubble of a building in Beirut’s southern suburbs as people returned to the area to check their homes after the cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect on Nov. 27.
Trucks move past cargo containers at a port in Bayonne, New Jersey, on Oct. 15, 2021.
Trucks move past cargo containers at a port in Bayonne, New Jersey, on Oct. 15, 2021.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a press conference in Palm Beach, Florida, on Aug. 8.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a press conference in Palm Beach, Florida, on Aug. 8.