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 plume of black smoke and orange fire billows from a sprawling midrise building complex. Dark shadows of mountains loom in the distance beneath a dim sky. A large building in the foothills of the mountains is lit up in the colors of the Venezuelan flag—yellow, blue, and red.
A plume of black smoke and orange fire billows from a sprawling midrise building complex. Dark shadows of mountains loom in the distance beneath a dim sky. A large building in the foothills of the mountains is lit up in the colors of the Venezuelan flag—yellow, blue, and red.
A crowd of protesters with a framed portrait of Maduro seen at center.
A crowd of protesters with a framed portrait of Maduro seen at center.
The Winter 2026 cover of Foreign Policy magazine titled: The World Minus One.
The Winter 2026 cover of Foreign Policy magazine titled: The World Minus One.
President Donald Trump and his national security team meet in the Situation Room of the White House, Saturday, June 21, 2025.
President Donald Trump and his national security team meet in the Situation Room of the White House, Saturday, June 21, 2025.
U.S. President Donald Trump reviews troops during his inauguration ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20.
U.S. President Donald Trump reviews troops during his inauguration ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20.
A member of the Venezuelan armed forces holds an "Igla-S" rocket launcher during a military ceremony in Caracas on Nov. 25.
A member of the Venezuelan armed forces holds an "Igla-S" rocket launcher during a military ceremony in Caracas on Nov. 25.
Guests look at a model of the largest data center in the UAE under construction in Abu Dhabi as the Stargate initiative, a joint venture between G42, Microsoft, and OpenAI, during the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference (ADIPEC) in Abu Dhabi on November 3, 2025. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP) (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)
Guests look at a model of the largest data center in the UAE under construction in Abu Dhabi as the Stargate initiative, a joint venture between G42, Microsoft, and OpenAI, during the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference (ADIPEC) in Abu Dhabi on November 3, 2025. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP) (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton waits to speak at the World Bank in Washington on May 14, 2014.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton waits to speak at the World Bank in Washington on May 14, 2014.
Heavy machinery handles bauxite and iron ore at the Port of Yantai in China, on Oct. 29.
Heavy machinery handles bauxite and iron ore at the Port of Yantai in China, on Oct. 29.
Solar panels reflect the sun at a power generation base in Lianyungang, China, on July 31, 2024.
Solar panels reflect the sun at a power generation base in Lianyungang, China, on July 31, 2024.
Demonstrators gather during a march on International Women's Day in Los Angeles on March 8.
Demonstrators gather during a march on International Women's Day in Los Angeles on March 8.
Protesters wearing masks depicting US President Donald Trump and former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro take part in a protest in defence of retail employment and national sovereignty at 25 de Marco, a popular shopping street in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, on July 18, 2025. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on July 17 slammed Donald Trump's threat to impose 50 percent tariffs on Latin America's largest economy as "unacceptable blackmail." (Photo by Nelson ALMEIDA / AFP) (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP via Getty Images)
Protesters wearing masks depicting US President Donald Trump and former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro take part in a protest in defence of retail employment and national sovereignty at 25 de Marco, a popular shopping street in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, on July 18, 2025. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on July 17 slammed Donald Trump's threat to impose 50 percent tariffs on Latin America's largest economy as "unacceptable blackmail." (Photo by Nelson ALMEIDA / AFP) (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP via Getty Images)
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive for trade talks in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive for trade talks in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30.
A person interacts with a robotic hand at Robot Mall in Beijing on Aug. 4.
A person interacts with a robotic hand at Robot Mall in Beijing on Aug. 4.
U.S. President Donald Trump points at the border wall with Mexico in San Luis, Arizona, on June 23, 2020.
U.S. President Donald Trump points at the border wall with Mexico in San Luis, Arizona, on June 23, 2020.