Rishi Iyengar
@iyengarish.bsky.social
Staff Writer @ Foreign Policy magazine covering (mostly) technology, via @CNN, @TIME, SFO-DEL-HKG-NYC-PNQ. Alliteration aficionado. Em dash enthusiast. New(ish) here.
This is actually what a healthy editor-reporter relationship looks like (sorry @jennruth.bsky.social)
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This is actually what a healthy editor-reporter relationship looks like (sorry @jennruth.bsky.social)
It's been a five-byline kind of week, but I'm proudest of this subhead I came up with for @jchaltiwanger.bsky.social's explanation of Trump's nuclear testing directive in this week's @foreignpolicy.com Situation Report: foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/30/t...
October 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
It's been a five-byline kind of week, but I'm proudest of this subhead I came up with for @jchaltiwanger.bsky.social's explanation of Trump's nuclear testing directive in this week's @foreignpolicy.com Situation Report: foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/30/t...
"Thank you all for your service in Making America Great Again" -- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang ends his two-hour keynote at the company's GPU Technology Conference (GTC) in Washington D.C.
October 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"Thank you all for your service in Making America Great Again" -- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang ends his two-hour keynote at the company's GPU Technology Conference (GTC) in Washington D.C.
"Foreigners are going to be paying to fix the vulnerabilities in our supply chain," Trump's trade advisor Peter Navarro says at CFR about the rationale behind his trade and tariff policy.
October 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"Foreigners are going to be paying to fix the vulnerabilities in our supply chain," Trump's trade advisor Peter Navarro says at CFR about the rationale behind his trade and tariff policy.
Come for the headline, stay for the diplomatic anecdote about coffee at the State Department.
October 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Come for the headline, stay for the diplomatic anecdote about coffee at the State Department.
Mass walkout from the UNGA hall this morning as Netanyahu took to the podium for his speech.
September 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Mass walkout from the UNGA hall this morning as Netanyahu took to the podium for his speech.
"All I got from the United Nations was a broken escalator and a broken teleprompter," Trump tells UNGA.
September 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"All I got from the United Nations was a broken escalator and a broken teleprompter," Trump tells UNGA.
Wrote a bit more about the Department of Defense/War confusion in this week's @foreignpolicy.com Situation Report, with @jchaltiwanger.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/11/i...
September 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Wrote a bit more about the Department of Defense/War confusion in this week's @foreignpolicy.com Situation Report, with @jchaltiwanger.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/11/i...
I'm at the @billingtoncyber.bsky.social summit in DC and most Pentagon speakers have changed from Department of Defense to Department of War (DoW) on the program. One speaker even said "DoD" in his intro before reverting to "Department of War" -- audible chuckles in the audience at every mention.
September 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I'm at the @billingtoncyber.bsky.social summit in DC and most Pentagon speakers have changed from Department of Defense to Department of War (DoW) on the program. One speaker even said "DoD" in his intro before reverting to "Department of War" -- audible chuckles in the audience at every mention.
A real pop-up ad I just got on Truth Social.
August 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
A real pop-up ad I just got on Truth Social.
How it started/How it's going foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/18/t...
August 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
How it started/How it's going foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/18/t...
A glimpse of the less glamorous side of journalism at the #NATOSummit-- non journalists don't often realize how much of this job is just... waiting around.
June 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
A glimpse of the less glamorous side of journalism at the #NATOSummit-- non journalists don't often realize how much of this job is just... waiting around.
Kim Jong Un lookalike makes an appearance outside the NATO Summit.
June 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Kim Jong Un lookalike makes an appearance outside the NATO Summit.
"Earlier countries get a better deal" on trade and tariffs, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says at the US India Strategic Partnership Forum in Washington D.C. U.S. businesses need "reasonable access to the markets of India," he said, but a deal should be done "in the not too distant future."
June 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"Earlier countries get a better deal" on trade and tariffs, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says at the US India Strategic Partnership Forum in Washington D.C. U.S. businesses need "reasonable access to the markets of India," he said, but a deal should be done "in the not too distant future."
For all the Trump-Modi bonhomie, Trump's crackdown on international students coming to the U.S. will disproportionately hurt India.
It'll also (per last year's numbers) result in a $44 billion hit to the U.S. economy.
Great reporting by @christinalu.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/30/t...
It'll also (per last year's numbers) result in a $44 billion hit to the U.S. economy.
Great reporting by @christinalu.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/30/t...
May 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
For all the Trump-Modi bonhomie, Trump's crackdown on international students coming to the U.S. will disproportionately hurt India.
It'll also (per last year's numbers) result in a $44 billion hit to the U.S. economy.
Great reporting by @christinalu.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/30/t...
It'll also (per last year's numbers) result in a $44 billion hit to the U.S. economy.
Great reporting by @christinalu.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/30/t...
Spotted a few blocks from DuPont Circle...
April 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Spotted a few blocks from DuPont Circle...
Some Professional News(letter): I'm now the official co-author of @foreignpolicy.com's Situation Report with @jchaltiwanger.bsky.social!
We come to you today bearing an uplifting message of comity in these divisive times: foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/17/i...
We come to you today bearing an uplifting message of comity in these divisive times: foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/17/i...
April 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Some Professional News(letter): I'm now the official co-author of @foreignpolicy.com's Situation Report with @jchaltiwanger.bsky.social!
We come to you today bearing an uplifting message of comity in these divisive times: foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/17/i...
We come to you today bearing an uplifting message of comity in these divisive times: foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/17/i...
BREAKING: ByteDance says in a statement that an "agreement has not been executed" for TikTok, with several "key matters" yet to be resolved. Also says any deal will be subject to approval by China.
More context in @foreignpolicy.com's Situation Report yesterday foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/03/t...
More context in @foreignpolicy.com's Situation Report yesterday foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/03/t...
April 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
BREAKING: ByteDance says in a statement that an "agreement has not been executed" for TikTok, with several "key matters" yet to be resolved. Also says any deal will be subject to approval by China.
More context in @foreignpolicy.com's Situation Report yesterday foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/03/t...
More context in @foreignpolicy.com's Situation Report yesterday foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/03/t...
Also proud of this extremely millennial-coded subhed I snuck in that is low-hanging fruit but also really encapsulates the whole situation rather well imho
April 3, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Also proud of this extremely millennial-coded subhed I snuck in that is low-hanging fruit but also really encapsulates the whole situation rather well imho
Having sat in one of these in SF right before living in DC for two years, let me tell you that this is highly unlikely to end well for anyone involved: waymo.com/blog/2025/03...
March 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Having sat in one of these in SF right before living in DC for two years, let me tell you that this is highly unlikely to end well for anyone involved: waymo.com/blog/2025/03...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (who is not on Bluesky as far as I can tell) just joined Trump's social media platform Truth Social: truthsocial.com/@narendramod...
March 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (who is not on Bluesky as far as I can tell) just joined Trump's social media platform Truth Social: truthsocial.com/@narendramod...
U.S. VP J.D. Vance has arrived at the Bayerischer Hof in Munich.
He's expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shortly and scheduled to speak later today:
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/13/m... @munsecconf.bsky.social @foreignpolicy.com
He's expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shortly and scheduled to speak later today:
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/13/m... @munsecconf.bsky.social @foreignpolicy.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
U.S. VP J.D. Vance has arrived at the Bayerischer Hof in Munich.
He's expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shortly and scheduled to speak later today:
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/13/m... @munsecconf.bsky.social @foreignpolicy.com
He's expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shortly and scheduled to speak later today:
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/13/m... @munsecconf.bsky.social @foreignpolicy.com
Heading to my first
@munsecconf.bsky.social to co-anchor
@foreignpolicy.com's Situation Report newsletter with
@kfj-fp.bsky.social! Drop me a line if you want to catch up in Munich and sign up for SitRep here: link.foreignpolicy.com/join/7h1/msc....
@munsecconf.bsky.social to co-anchor
@foreignpolicy.com's Situation Report newsletter with
@kfj-fp.bsky.social! Drop me a line if you want to catch up in Munich and sign up for SitRep here: link.foreignpolicy.com/join/7h1/msc....
February 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Heading to my first
@munsecconf.bsky.social to co-anchor
@foreignpolicy.com's Situation Report newsletter with
@kfj-fp.bsky.social! Drop me a line if you want to catch up in Munich and sign up for SitRep here: link.foreignpolicy.com/join/7h1/msc....
@munsecconf.bsky.social to co-anchor
@foreignpolicy.com's Situation Report newsletter with
@kfj-fp.bsky.social! Drop me a line if you want to catch up in Munich and sign up for SitRep here: link.foreignpolicy.com/join/7h1/msc....
@schumer.senate.gov leads a chant of "We will win"
February 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
@schumer.senate.gov leads a chant of "We will win"