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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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Head of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power stands in front of St Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, on October 6, 2022.
Head of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power stands in front of St Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, on October 6, 2022.

Samantha Power on America’s Development Diplomacy

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Ravi Agrawal
Linda Thomas-Greenfield appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at a hearing regarding her nomination to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 27, 2021.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at a hearing regarding her nomination to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 27, 2021.

What Washington Wants From the United Nations This Week

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Ravi Agrawal
Taiwanese soldiers prepare amphibious assault vehicles after an amphibious landing drill during the Han Kuang military exercise in Pingtung, Taiwan, on July 28, 2022.
Taiwanese soldiers prepare amphibious assault vehicles after an amphibious landing drill during the Han Kuang military exercise in Pingtung, Taiwan, on July 28, 2022.

How Taiwan Is Learning From Ukraine

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Ravi Agrawal
The cover of Foreign Policy's Fall 2023 print issue titled "The Alliances That Matter Now"
The cover of Foreign Policy's Fall 2023 print issue titled "The Alliances That Matter Now"

The Alliances Issue

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From left to right: Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Chinese President Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov raise their arms as they pose for a group photograph at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Aug. 23.
From left to right: Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Chinese President Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov raise their arms as they pose for a group photograph at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Aug. 23.

What Is America’s Nightmare Coalition?

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Ravi Agrawal
Women belonging to the 'Meira Paibis', a group of women representing Meitei society, hold torches during a demonstration demanding the restoration of peace in India's north-eastern Manipur state in Imphal, following ongoing ethnic violence in the state on Aug. 9.
Women belonging to the 'Meira Paibis', a group of women representing Meitei society, hold torches during a demonstration demanding the restoration of peace in India's north-eastern Manipur state in Imphal, following ongoing ethnic violence in the state on Aug. 9.

Inside Manipur’s Ethnic Violence

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Ravi Agrawal
Nathaniel Fick, the ambassador-at-large for the U.S. State Department, speaks to students during a recruitment event at Stanford University in Stanford, California.
Nathaniel Fick, the ambassador-at-large for the U.S. State Department, speaks to students during a recruitment event at Stanford University in Stanford, California.

Why America Has a New Tech Ambassador

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Ravi Agrawal
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about his economic plan “Bidenomics” at the Philly Shipyard in Philadelphia on July 20.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about his economic plan “Bidenomics” at the Philly Shipyard in Philadelphia on July 20.

Is Bidenomics Trying to Do Too Much?

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Ravi Agrawal
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., in his office in Washington on Feb. 10.
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., in his office in Washington on Feb. 10.

Ro Khanna: ‘De-Risking Is Consulting Gibberish’

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Ravi Agrawal
University students display a flag of the Communist Party of China to mark the party's 100th anniversary during an opening ceremony of the new semester in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on Sept. 10, 2021.
University students display a flag of the Communist Party of China to mark the party's 100th anniversary during an opening ceremony of the new semester in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on Sept. 10, 2021.

Has China Peaked?

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Ravi Agrawal
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (not pictured) speak to the media on the second day of the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 12.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (not pictured) speak to the media on the second day of the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 12.

Why Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Has Been Slower Than Expected

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Ravi Agrawal
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Anders-Fogh-Rasmussen-FPLive-Site-3-2

Anders Fogh Rasmussen: ‘Putin Has Exploited Our Hesitation’

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A photorealistic illustration shows a semiconductor chip with a U.S. flag in the middle.
A photorealistic illustration shows a semiconductor chip with a U.S. flag in the middle.

Why the United States Is Winning the AI Race—for Now

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Ravi Agrawal
A worker wearing a blue body suit, face mask, and disposable gloves reaches out one hand to grasp a sheet of clear plastic packaging material from a table of clamps.
A worker wearing a blue body suit, face mask, and disposable gloves reaches out one hand to grasp a sheet of clear plastic packaging material from a table of clamps.

Why China’s Tech Dominance Is Not Inevitable

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Ravi Agrawal
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (right) looks on as U.S. President Joe Biden (center) greets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they arrive for a G-7 meeting at Elmau Castle in southern Germany.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (right) looks on as U.S. President Joe Biden (center) greets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they arrive for a G-7 meeting at Elmau Castle in southern Germany.

Is India Taking Advantage of America?

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