As China Rises, India Intensifies Ties with Maldives
The two South Asian nations pledge to increase cooperation in maritime security.
Maldives
India Had No Reason to Save Maldives’ Nasheed
New Delhi ignored calls to intervene in the island nation’s coup because its former president never served India’s interests.
China Island Hopping in the Indian Ocean
Across the region, China is building a “string of pearls” of military bases in order to contain India’s rise.
Indo-Maldives Relations Continue to Blossom
Strategic relations have survived political changes and continue to improve.
India Needs a Naval Diplomacy
Balaji Chandramohan examines India’s aim to dominate the Indian Ocean and finds its naval diplomacy lacking.
China and India’s Strings of Pearls
China and India are competing for influence across the Indian Ocean, each building bases on small islets and atolls.
High Noon in the Maldives
Two years after the Maldives turn to democracy, the islands are politically gridlocked in struggle between its president and parliament.