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.
A member of Capitol security walks through an empty rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 1, the first day of the most recent U.S. government shutdown.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa concludes his remarks during the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York City on Sept. 24.
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks at a United Nations General Assembly meeting organized by France and Saudi Arabia in support of a two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians, seen in New York City on Sept. 22.
