Gopal Ratnam is a Washington, DC based senior staff writer for Congressional Quarterly and Roll Call, where he writes about US policies and legislation addressing a wide variety of modern technologies. Previously he was a reporter for Foreign Policy magazine as well as a Pentagon reporter for Bloomberg News. He has reported from more than 20 countries, covered the war in Afghanistan, US national security policies, international arms trade, and Fortune 500 companies. A native of India, Gopal has a graduate degree in journalism from the American University in Washington D.C., and lives in Oakton, Virginia.