Ananth Krishnan

Chennai, India

China Correspondent at The Hindu

Editor at The View From India Newsletter

Director at The Hindu Group. Formerly correspondent in China for India Today & The Hindu; Brookings India fellow; author, India’s China Challenge. Views my own.

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The View From India newsletter: Isolating Israel, ending the massacre in Gaza

1 week ago | thehindu.com | Meera Srinivasan |Stanly Johny |Ananth Krishnan

(This article is part of the View From India newsletter curated by The Hindu’s foreign affairs experts. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Monday, subscribe here.)“Grabbing her daughter’s feeble arm, Asmaa al-Arja pulls a shirt over the 2-year-old’s protruding ribs and swollen belly. The child lies on a hospital bed, heaving, then wails uncontrollably, throwing her arms around her own shoulders as if to console herself.
The View From India newsletter: Tackling or deterring terror?

2 weeks ago | thehindu.com | Meera Srinivasan |Stanly Johny |Ananth Krishnan

(This article is part of the View From India newsletter curated by The Hindu’s foreign affairs experts. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Monday, subscribe here.)Nearly a month after the brutal terrorist attack in which 26 men, mostly tourists, were killed in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, India’s challenges are clear on the diplomatic and strategic fronts. In his address to the nation last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said ‘Operation Sindoor’ is still on.
The View from India newsletter: On the brink of conflict

1 month ago | thehindu.com | Stanly Johny |Meera Srinivasan |Ananth Krishnan

(This article is part of the View From India newsletter curated by The Hindu’s foreign affairs experts. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Monday, subscribe here.)Tensions remain high between India and Pakistan. After the Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 people were killed by armed gunmen, Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed that India will pursue the attackers and their backers “to the ends of the earth”.
The view from India newsletter A new proposal to end the Ukraine war

1 month ago | thehindu.com | Stanly Johny |Meera Srinivasan |Ananth Krishnan

(This article is part of the View From India newsletter curated by The Hindu’s foreign affairs experts. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Monday, subscribe here.)U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to achieve a quick ceasefire in Ukraine has so far been unsuccessful. Under American pressure, Ukraine had earlier announced that it was ready to observe a 30-day interim ceasefire, an offer Russia rejected.
The View From India newsletter: Trump’s tariffs unleash fears of trade war, uncertainty

2 months ago | thehindu.com | Meera Srinivasan |Stanly Johny |Ananth Krishnan

(This article is part of the View From India newsletter curated by The Hindu’s foreign affairs experts. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Monday, subscribe here.)U.S. President Donald Trump’s move on April 2, 2025, or “liberation day” as he calls it, — unveiling sweeping tariffs targeting countries around the world — has brought forth enormous uncertainty to an already volatile world.
The View From India newsletter: Uncertainty, new visa battles for students in the U.S.

2 months ago | thehindu.com | Meera Srinivasan |Stanly Johny |Ananth Krishnan

(This article is part of the View From India newsletter curated by The Hindu’s foreign affairs experts. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Monday, subscribe here.)“Super afraid” – that’s how Columbia University doctoral student Ranjani Srinivasan feels after self-deporting to Canada. U.S. immigration and customs enforcement agents raided her apartment on the campus housing, claiming she was a “Hamas sympathiser”, and she was forced to take refuge in Canada.
The View From India newsletter: The debate on USAID’s role in India

Feb 25, 2025 | thehindu.com | Meera Srinivasan |Stanly Johny |Ananth Krishnan

(This article is part of the View From India newsletter curated by The Hindu’s foreign affairs experts. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Monday, subscribe here.)Conspiracy theories serving a political agenda tend to be passionate but are invariably lazy. The shrill political debate and public discourse surrounding USAID’s presence in India has largely avoided hard facts, possibly because not many like truth coming in the way of a useful narrative.
The week that shook Europe

Feb 18, 2025 | thehindu.com | Stanly Johny |Meera Srinivasan |Ananth Krishnan

(This article is part of the View From India newsletter curated by The Hindu’s foreign affairs experts. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Monday, subscribe here.)Many trace the roots of the Ukraine war to the 2008 Bucharest summit of NATO in which the U.S. proposed membership in the trans-Atlantic nuclear alliance for Georgia and Ukraine, both Russia’s neighbours and Black Sea basin countries. “NATO welcomes Ukraine’s and Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations for membership in NATO.
The View From India newsletter: Trump and his trade war

Feb 3, 2025 | thehindu.com | Meera Srinivasan |Stanly Johny |Ananth Krishnan

(This article is part of the View From India newsletter curated by The Hindu’s foreign affairs experts. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Monday, subscribe here.)“The dumbest trade war in history” – that’s how the Wall Street Journal’s Editorial Board described US President Donald’s recent decision to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China, in retaliation to “illegal” immigrants and drugs that he said were “entering the US”.
The View From India newsletter: How Trump shifted America’s policy in a week

Jan 29, 2025 | thehindu.com | Stanly Johny |Meera Srinivasan |Ananth Krishnan

(This article is part of the View From India newsletter curated by The Hindu’s foreign affairs experts. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Monday, subscribe here.)Donald Trump did not waste any time. As soon as he took office as the 47th President of the U.S., the Republican issued a flurry of executive orders remaking America’s policy. He announced the U.S.’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, which could be a blow to the global efforts to fight climate change.