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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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Residents of a slum in Kolkata, India, line up to receive relief packages on April 30.
Residents of a slum in Kolkata, India, line up to receive relief packages on April 30.

A Coronavirus Mystery: Why Are There So Few Cases in South Asia?

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
A man waters a tree outside the Jio World center in Navi Mumbai, India, on April 22.
A man waters a tree outside the Jio World center in Navi Mumbai, India, on April 22.

Why Facebook Is Betting Big on India

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
A gasoline vendor rides past graffiti on the road during the nationwide coronavirus lockdown in Chennai, India, on April 13. 2020.
A gasoline vendor rides past graffiti on the road during the nationwide coronavirus lockdown in Chennai, India, on April 13. 2020.

Lockdown or Starvation? Poorer Economies Weigh Impossible Choice

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
Muslims from the Tabhligi Jamaat Islamic missionary movement board ambulances that will take them to a coronavirus quarantine facility in New Delhi on April 3.
Muslims from the Tabhligi Jamaat Islamic missionary movement board ambulances that will take them to a coronavirus quarantine facility in New Delhi on April 3.

Islamophobia Is Making the Coronavirus Crisis Worse

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
Migrant workers surround buses amid the nationwide lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus at Lal Kuan bus stand in Ghaziabad, India, on March 29.
Migrant workers surround buses amid the nationwide lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus at Lal Kuan bus stand in Ghaziabad, India, on March 29.

India’s Lockdown Helps Its Rich but Ignores Its Poor

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
A woman walks with children wearing protective masks during a curfew in response to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in Mumbai, India, on March 24.
A woman walks with children wearing protective masks during a curfew in response to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in Mumbai, India, on March 24.

South Asia’s Looming Disaster

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
A man helps a woman wear a mask at the metro rail station in Bangalore on March 5, 2020.
A man helps a woman wear a mask at the metro rail station in Bangalore on March 5, 2020.

South Asia’s Coronavirus Cases May Be the Tip of the Iceberg

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
Workers from the Provincial Disaster Management Authority of Balochistan stand inside a COVID-19 quarantine camp for people returning from Iran via the border town of Taftan, on the outskirts of Quetta, Pakistan, on March 9.
Workers from the Provincial Disaster Management Authority of Balochistan stand inside a COVID-19 quarantine camp for people returning from Iran via the border town of Taftan, on the outskirts of Quetta, Pakistan, on March 9.

How Will South Asia Deal With the Coronavirus?

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
Security personnel stand guard outside of a burned mosque following communal violence in New Delhi on Feb. 28.
Security personnel stand guard outside of a burned mosque following communal violence in New Delhi on Feb. 28.

Delhi’s Violence Could Presage Something Far Worse

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
Security personnel patrol a street.
Security personnel patrol a street.

Why India’s Muslims Are in Grave Danger

Insider
Ravi Agrawal
Left: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump arrive at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Feb. 25. Right: Police try to stop protesters during violent clashes between at Jaffarabad in New Delhi on Feb. 24.
Left: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump arrive at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Feb. 25. Right: Police try to stop protesters during violent clashes between at Jaffarabad in New Delhi on Feb. 24.

How Trump’s Trade Strategy Met Its Match in India

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the "Howdy, Modi!" in Houston, Texas, on Sept. 22, 2019.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the "Howdy, Modi!" in Houston, Texas, on Sept. 22, 2019.

Trump’s India Visit Is Mostly About Optics

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal gestures towards his supporters at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Feb. 11.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal gestures towards his supporters at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Feb. 11.

Does Modi’s Election Loss in Delhi Matter?

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal
People wearing protective masks walk out of a Pakistan-based Chinese company in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Jan. 30.
People wearing protective masks walk out of a Pakistan-based Chinese company in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Jan. 30.

Why Pakistan Is Resuming Flights to and From China

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal, Kathryn Salam
An Indian Health Ministry team visit an isolation ward, where patients arriving from Hong Kong are kept a preventative measure due to the coronavirus outbreak, at a state-run hospital in Hyderabad, India, on Jan. 28.
An Indian Health Ministry team visit an isolation ward, where patients arriving from Hong Kong are kept a preventative measure due to the coronavirus outbreak, at a state-run hospital in Hyderabad, India, on Jan. 28.

Is South Asia Prepared for the Wuhan Virus?

South Asia Brief
Ravi Agrawal, Kathryn Salam
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