Maldives

A recent visit by India’s defense minister was just the latest in a surge of outreach toward Maldives as its election nears.

The Maldives has remained one of India’s key maritime partners in the Indian Ocean neighborhood.

The Delhi-driven subregional arrangement faces a number of challenges but stands as a noteworthy endeavor to coordinate on maritime safety and security in the Indian Ocean region.

Maldivians cannot wait much longer for durable solutions to the threats posed by climate change.

India’s sees subregional engagement, like the expanding Colombo Security Conclave, as critical for securing its strategic interests.

“To better understand the unraveling Indian Ocean geopolitics, it is important to study and understand the new maritime identities of the Indian Ocean islands.”

How “liberal” political actors in the Maldives dog-whistle violent extremists and why it matters.

The Islamic State is exploiting the COVID–19 pandemic.

India is once again presented with an opportunity to expand its military influence in the region.

The BRI has provided much-needed development, but it has also generated more authoritarianism.

Unabated Islamist radicalism in the Maldives poses a unique challenge to India’s security focused foreign policy.