Rishi Iyengar is a staff writer at Foreign Policy, covering the intersection of geopolitics and technology. Prior to joining FP, he spent six years at CNN Business as India editor in New Delhi and a technology writer in San Francisco, as well as two years reporting for Time magazine from Hong Kong. He received a bachelor’s degree in political science from Fergusson College in Pune, India, a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University, and is an alumnus of the Young India Fellowship.
French President Emmanuel Macron talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (on screen) during a video meeting of the so-called coalition of the willing to discuss next steps for Ukraine at the Fort de Bregancon in Bormes-les-Mimosas, southern France.
Zelensky (left) gestures and laughs as he sits next to Trump who laughs as he holds a sheet of paper as they talk in front of the gilded backdrop of the Oval Office.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ summit in Danang, Vietnam, on Nov. 11, 2017.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks behind an engraved glass disc gifted to him by Apple CEO Tim Cook during an event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff looks on during a meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (not pictured) before signing a memorandum of understanding on energy cooperation at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 7.
Putin walks on a patterned tile floor in a brightly lit room, both arms outstretched and his palms facing up as he smiles. Russian flags and a bronze statue are visible decorating the room in the background.
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud (left) and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot chair a conference on Palestine and a two-state solution at the United Nations in New York City on July 29.
Elbridge Colby (right), the U.S. undersecretary of defense for policy, attends a meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 21.
