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Ravi Agrawal

Editor in Chief ravi.agrawal@foreignpolicy.com

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.

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A military policeman checks his mobile phone while on duty at Rajpath road in New Delhi on July 22, 2020.
A military policeman checks his mobile phone while on duty at Rajpath road in New Delhi on July 22, 2020.

Asian Countries Are Waking Up to the Dangers of Social Media

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
Cyclists pass a Jio store in Kolkata on July 13, 2020.
Cyclists pass a Jio store in Kolkata on July 13, 2020.

Why Google and Facebook Are Racing to Invest in India

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
A worker walks inside a COVID Care Centre with the capacity of 10,100 beds at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) to combat the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis, in Bangalore on July 7, 2020.
A worker walks inside a COVID Care Centre with the capacity of 10,100 beds at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) to combat the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis, in Bangalore on July 7, 2020.

Is India the Next Coronavirus Hotspot?

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
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Margrethe Vestager Is Still Coming for Big Tech

Insider
Ravi Agrawal
People burn posters with the logo of the Chinese- owned video-sharing app TikTok in Hyderabad, India, on June 30.
People burn posters with the logo of the Chinese- owned video-sharing app TikTok in Hyderabad, India, on June 30.

Why Is India Banning China’s TikTok?

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
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A Portrait of India on Fire

Review
Ravi Agrawal
A trader shuts his shop in a commercial area closed by the authorities as coronavirus cases rise in Bengaluru on June 25.
A trader shuts his shop in a commercial area closed by the authorities as coronavirus cases rise in Bengaluru on June 25.

The Pandemic Is Reversing Decades of Progress

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
Indian Border Security Force soldiers guard a highway leading towards Leh, bordering China, in Gagangir, India, on June 17.
Indian Border Security Force soldiers guard a highway leading towards Leh, bordering China, in Gagangir, India, on June 17.

India and China Step Back From the Brink—for Now

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
Indian protesters burn a poster of Chinese President Xi Jinping along with Chinese items in response to the killing of Indian soldiers by Chinese troops, in Ahmedabad on June 16, 2020.
Indian protesters burn a poster of Chinese President Xi Jinping along with Chinese items in response to the killing of Indian soldiers by Chinese troops, in Ahmedabad on June 16, 2020.

Why Are India and China Fighting?

Explainer
James Palmer, Ravi Agrawal
A firefighter sprays disinfectant as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in a containment zone in Chennai on May 11, 2020.
A firefighter sprays disinfectant as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in a containment zone in Chennai on May 11, 2020.

India Is Hurtling Into a Coronavirus Crisis

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
Migrant workers and families line up to board a special train to return to their hometowns outside a railway station in Secunderabad, India, on May 23. 2020.
Migrant workers and families line up to board a special train to return to their hometowns outside a railway station in Secunderabad, India, on May 23. 2020.

The Coronavirus Reaches Rural India

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
A Chinese soldier gestures as he stands near an Indian soldier on the Chinese side of the ancient Nathu La border crossing between India and China on July 10, 2008.
A Chinese soldier gestures as he stands near an Indian soldier on the Chinese side of the ancient Nathu La border crossing between India and China on July 10, 2008.

Why India and China Are Sparring

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
An aerial view shows flooded houses after a dam broke when Cyclone Amphan made landfall in Shyamnagar, Bangladesh, on May 21.
An aerial view shows flooded houses after a dam broke when Cyclone Amphan made landfall in Shyamnagar, Bangladesh, on May 21.

First the Pandemic. Then a Killer Cyclone.

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
An injured boy is carried on a stretcher in a hospital following a suicide attack at a funeral of a local police commander in Nangarhar, Afghanistan, on May 12.
An injured boy is carried on a stretcher in a hospital following a suicide attack at a funeral of a local police commander in Nangarhar, Afghanistan, on May 12.

Afghanistan’s ‘Cradle to Grave’ Cycle of Death

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
Migrant workers from Madhya Pradesh state enter the New Delhi railway station after the government eased the nationwide lockdown on May 7.
Migrant workers from Madhya Pradesh state enter the New Delhi railway station after the government eased the nationwide lockdown on May 7.

The Pandemic Is Enabling Big Brother

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
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