Stanly Johny

Chennai

International Affairs Editor at The Hindu

Foreign Ed @the_hindu; Author: The Comrades & The Mullahs, & The ISIS Caliphate; Visiting Prof. at KREA University; Adjunct Faculty at ACJ; Tweets are personal.

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Articles

Who is Gen. Asim Munir, Pakistan’s army chief?

5 days ago | thehindu.com | Stanly Johny

On April 17, while speaking at a gathering of expatriates in Islamabad, Gen. Asim Munir, Pakistan’s army chief, said “we are different from Hindus in every possible aspect of life”, invoking the two-nation theory. “No matter where you live, remember - your roots lie in a high civilisation, noble ideology, and proud identity.” He added that Kashmir “will be our jugular vein, we will not forget it, we will not leave our Kashmiri brothers in their historical struggle”.
A new normal in India-Pakistan ties

6 days ago | thehindu.com | Stanly Johny

On September 22, 1965, during a speech at the UN Security Council, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was then part of the Ayub Khan administration, declared that Pakistan “will wage a war for 1,000 years” against India. Years later, Gen.
The View from India newsletter: On the brink of conflict

1 week 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 Druze | Between Israel and Islamists

1 week ago | thehindu.com | Stanly Johny

Clashes first broke out in the southern outskirts of Damascus, Syria’s capital, after an audio clip emerged on social media of a man criticising Prophet Mohammed. The audio was attributed to a Druze cleric (who later denied any role). Angry Sunni Islamists, aligned with the current government in Syria, started attacking Druze community members and armed Druze fighters fought back.
Nobody wants another centralised regime in Syria, says Kurdish leader Salih Muslim Muhammad

2 weeks ago | thehindu.com | Stanly Johny

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the jihadist group led by Abu Mohammed al-Jolani (also known as Ahmed al-Sharaa) that captured power in Syria in December, wants to establish a Salafi regime in Damascus, but the country’s minorities are opposed to it, says Salih Muslim Muhammad, Syria’s main Kurdish leader.
Watch: With HTS in power in Damascus, what’s next for Syria’s Kurdish minority?

2 weeks ago | thehindu.com | Stanly Johny

Syria has witnessed dramatic developments in recent months. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an Islamis organisation that grew out of al-Qaeda’s Syria branch, captured power in Damascus in December. HTS leader Abu Mohammad al Golani, now known as Ahmed al-Sharaa, has got himself appointed as the acting president of Syria. Where do these developments leave Syria’s Kurdish minority? The Kurds in Syria’s north and east enjoy relative autonomy.
The view from India newsletter A new proposal to end the Ukraine war

3 weeks 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.
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News analysis: Why Ukraine ceasefire remains elusive?

3 weeks ago | thehindu.com | Stanly Johny

During his campaign, Donald Trump famously claimed that, if elected, he would end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours. To his credit, Mr. Trump, after returning to the White House in January, launched a peace initiative. He spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone at least twice, and his envoy, Steve Witkoff, made several trips to Russia to explore the possibility of a ceasefire with Mr. Putin and other senior Russian officials.
The View From India newsletter: The extradition of Tahawwur Rana

1 month ago | thehindu.com | Stanly Johny

(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.)Tahawwur Hussain Rana and David Coleman Headley (born Daood Syed Gilani), his old school-mate from the Hasan Abdal Cadet College in Pakistan’s Punjab, first discussed the plot to carry out a largescale terror attack in India in August 2005, according to U.S. prosecutors.