Ravi Agrawal headshot
Ravi Agrawal headshot

Ravi Agrawal

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
Fiona Hill, the U.S. National Security Council’s former senior director for Europe and Russia, testifies before the House Intelligence Committee in Washington on Nov. 21, 2019.
Fiona Hill, the U.S. National Security Council’s former senior director for Europe and Russia, testifies before the House Intelligence Committee in Washington on Nov. 21, 2019.
Adam Tooze, a British historian and Columbia University professor, attends the annual Edinburgh International Book Festival at Charlotte Square Garden in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Aug. 25, 2018.
Adam Tooze, a British historian and Columbia University professor, attends the annual Edinburgh International Book Festival at Charlotte Square Garden in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Aug. 25, 2018.
U.S.  Ambassador  to NATO Julianne Smith speaks during a news briefing in Brussels on Feb. 15.
U.S.  Ambassador  to NATO Julianne Smith speaks during a news briefing in Brussels on Feb. 15.
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foreign-policy-back-to-the-future-print-cover-summer-2022-ed-note
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks about project labor agreements at Iron Workers Local 5 in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, on Feb. 4.
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks about project labor agreements at Iron Workers Local 5 in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, on Feb. 4.
Former NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks to the media following the first day of meetings at the NATO summit in Lisbon on Nov. 19, 2010.
Former NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks to the media following the first day of meetings at the NATO summit in Lisbon on Nov. 19, 2010.
Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens during the daily coronavirus briefing at the White House in Washington on April 9, 2020.
Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens during the daily coronavirus briefing at the White House in Washington on April 9, 2020.
Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a Commonwealth Club of California event in San Francisco on Sept. 13, 2018.
Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a Commonwealth Club of California event in San Francisco on Sept. 13, 2018.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Dec. 11, 2014.
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Dec. 11, 2014.
David Miliband, the president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, speaks onstage during the 2021 Concordia Annual Summit in New York City on Sept. 22, 2021.
David Miliband, the president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, speaks onstage during the 2021 Concordia Annual Summit in New York City on Sept. 22, 2021.
People wait in line for food distribution.
People wait in line for food distribution.
Then-NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (left) speaks with then-U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (right) and then-U.S. ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder in Istanbul on Feb 5, 2010.
Then-NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (left) speaks with then-U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (right) and then-U.S. ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder in Istanbul on Feb 5, 2010.
Cover illustration for Foreign Policy magazine of a cracked monument declaring: Democracy is broken. Here's How to Fix It.
Cover illustration for Foreign Policy magazine of a cracked monument declaring: Democracy is broken. Here's How to Fix It.
An election rally for Ebrahim Raisi
An election rally for Ebrahim Raisi