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Maldives: Solih Govt expending energy on avoidable distractions
International Affairs | Indian Ocean
Oct 17, 2019

Maldives: Solih Govt expending energy on avoidable distractions

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Maldives: Jihadi terror groups may not be here to stay
Terrorism | Indian Ocean
Oct 01, 2019

Maldives: Jihadi terror groups may not be here to stay

The Solih government has its job cut out on fighting jihadism closer home.

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Maldives: Designation brings US terror war closer?
Neighbourhood | Defence and Security | Indian Ocean
Sep 13, 2019

Maldives: Designation brings US terror war closer?

By designating Mohamed Ameen, a ‘key leader for ISIS’ — Washington may have taken the ‘global war on terror’ to the southern Indian Ocean ne

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Al-Qaeda affiliates highlighted in Maldives
Indian Foreign Policy | Indian Ocean
Sep 07, 2019

Al-Qaeda affiliates highlighted in Maldives

| N. Sathiya Moorthy
Maldives: What Ahmed Adheeb’s ‘escape’ means for India
Indian Foreign Policy | Indian Ocean
Aug 06, 2019

Maldives: What Ahmed Adheeb’s ‘escape’ means for India

| N. Sathiya Moorthy
भारत-मालदीव संबंध: पर्यटन की मदद से बदल रहें हैं आपसी रिश्ते!
Neighbourhood | Development
Jul 30, 2019

भारत-मालदीव संबंध: पर्यटन की मदद से बदल रहें हैं आपसी रिश्ते!

मालदीव पर नज़र रखने वालों का मानना है कि यहां का टूरिज़्म

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Maldives: India catching up on tourism, China will still remain a ‘monumental’ development partner
Indian Ocean | Development Partnerships
Jul 24, 2019

Maldives: India catching up on tourism, China will still remain a ‘monumental’ development partner

Observers of the Maldivian scene have been noticing a steep increase in tourism-related reportage targeting the Indian holidaymakers.

| N. Sathiya Moorthy
“Not many nations get a second chance at democracy”: Mohamed Nasheed
Climate Change
Jul 09, 2019

“Not many nations get a second chance at democracy”: Mohamed Nasheed

“We will have to renegotiate loans with China, they have to understand it is not commercial,” said Mohamed Nasheed.

Samir Saran
Modi 2.0 two-nation southern visit, full of messages and meanings
Neighbourhood | Indian Foreign Policy
Jun 10, 2019

Modi 2.0 two-nation southern visit, full of messages and meanings

Modi in his first overseas visit in the new term, extended an early hand to the two Indian Ocean neighbours to ensure collective security.

| N. Sathiya Moorthy
Maldives: Majlis elects Nasheed Speaker, maiden resolution invites Modi to address the House
International Affairs
Jun 03, 2019

Maldives: Majlis elects Nasheed Speaker, maiden resolution invites Modi to address the House

All nations, including India, would be watching for inclinations on how the ‘new Maldives’ intends to avoid a China-induced ‘debt-trap’ of the

| N. Sathiya Moorthy
After SL serial-blasts, Maldives displays cautious optimism
International Affairs | Neighbourhood | Terrorism
May 22, 2019

After SL serial-blasts, Maldives displays cautious optimism

In the aftermath of the Easter serial-attacks in Sri Lanka, the security forces in Maldives conducted an emergency response exercise, and border secur

| N. Sathiya Moorthy
Inherent limitations to a ‘muscular’ neighbourhood policy
Indian Foreign Policy | Great Power Dynamics | Indian Ocean
Apr 16, 2019

Inherent limitations to a ‘muscular’ neighbourhood policy

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Maldives: MDP does a make-or-mar sweep of Majlis polls
Great Power Dynamics | Indian Ocean
Apr 11, 2019

Maldives: MDP does a make-or-mar sweep of Majlis polls

N. Sathiya Moorthy
On poll eve, Maldives’ HC frees Yameen, de-freezes bank funds
Neighbourhood
Apr 03, 2019

On poll eve, Maldives’ HC frees Yameen, de-freezes bank funds

Yameen was arrested on lower court orders, which acted on a police complaint that he was seeking to influence witnesses in a larger money-laundering c

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Swaraj’s Maldives visit lends economic direction to political ties
Indian Foreign Policy | Great Power Dynamics | Indian Ocean
Mar 29, 2019

Swaraj’s Maldives visit lends economic direction to political ties

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Maldives: Advantage MDP, but possibilities still in parliament polls
Neighbourhood
Feb 26, 2019

Maldives: Advantage MDP, but possibilities still in parliament polls

The MDP did not seem to suffer from poll fatigue, even months after the presidential elections as a high number of them voted in the MDP primaries, to

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Maldives: Need to avoid process hiccups in Indian aid relations
Indian Foreign Policy | Indian Ocean
Dec 20, 2018

Maldives: Need to avoid process hiccups in Indian aid relations

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Modi in Maldives: Sets the ball rolling for restoring old ties
Neighbourhood | Indian Foreign Policy
Nov 26, 2018

Modi in Maldives: Sets the ball rolling for restoring old ties

In his inauguration speech, President Solih referred only to India by name, and also reiterated that the Maldives was returning to the ‘India first�

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Maldives: Smooth transition likely, multiple issues seek Ibu’s attention
Great Power Dynamics | Indian Ocean
Oct 10, 2018

Maldives: Smooth transition likely, multiple issues seek Ibu’s attention

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Maldives: Presidential polls and after

Maldives: Presidential polls and after
Jan 01, 1970
Maldives: What will be Nasheed’s role in the new dispensation?
Indian Ocean
Sep 26, 2018

Maldives: What will be Nasheed’s role in the new dispensation?

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Maldives: Ibu wins big, has his tasks cut out
Indian Ocean
Sep 24, 2018

Maldives: Ibu wins big, has his tasks cut out

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Maldives polls: Sea-bridge from China, ‘cut-out culture’ from India
International Affairs | Great Power Dynamics | Indian Ocean
Sep 20, 2018

Maldives polls: Sea-bridge from China, ‘cut-out culture’ from India

N. Sathiya Moorthy
US too threatens sanctions on Maldives, but Yameen remains firm
Indian Ocean
Sep 14, 2018

US too threatens sanctions on Maldives, but Yameen remains firm

N. Sathiya Moorthy
हिन्द महासागर में चीन: भारत-मालदीव सम्बन्ध
Neighbourhood
Sep 10, 2018

हिन्द महासागर में चीन: भारत-मालदीव सम्बन्ध

हिन्द महासागर में चीन की सभी पहलों, उसके सामरिक मंसूबों औ�

Sukrit Kumar
Maldives poll: Opposition too playing balancing-act on China?
Great Power Dynamics | Indian Ocean
Aug 22, 2018

Maldives poll: Opposition too playing balancing-act on China?

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Maldives: ‘De-stabilising democracy’ Vs ‘developmental autocracy’?
International Affairs | Great Power Dynamics | Indian Ocean
Aug 01, 2018

Maldives: ‘De-stabilising democracy’ Vs ‘developmental autocracy’?

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Maldives: Joint Opposition back on track as Nasheed quits race
International Affairs | Indian Ocean
Jul 05, 2018

Maldives: Joint Opposition back on track as Nasheed quits race

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Maldives: India draws a ‘thin line’ at UN, ahead of President polls?
Indian Ocean
Jun 15, 2018

Maldives: India draws a ‘thin line’ at UN, ahead of President polls?

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Can Maldives benefit from India’s ‘improving relations’ with China?
Neighbourhood | Indian Foreign Policy | Great Power Dynamics
May 10, 2018

Can Maldives benefit from India’s ‘improving relations’ with China?

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Maldives: Can Indian Dornier fall into ‘wrong hands’?
Indian Foreign Policy | Indian Ocean
Apr 10, 2018

Maldives: Can Indian Dornier fall into ‘wrong hands’?

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Will ‘Russian imbroglio’ deflect the West off Maldives?
Indian Ocean
Mar 30, 2018

Will ‘Russian imbroglio’ deflect the West off Maldives?

It is not unlikely that the West’s current engagement/disengagement with Russia could lead to a situation — if not immediately — where the post-

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Yameen lifts Maldives Emergency, Nasheed calls it 'New Normal'
Privacy & Data Protection
Mar 23, 2018

Yameen lifts Maldives Emergency, Nasheed calls it 'New Normal'

State of Emergency has been extended because of no change in the circumstances following the 1 February order which threatened national security of Ma

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Maldives minister’s ‘K-talk’: More than a snub on India?
Privacy & Data Protection
Mar 15, 2018

Maldives minister’s ‘K-talk’: More than a snub on India?

The Maldivian reaction to Indian initiatives on Maldivian democracy was not totally unexpected.

N. Sathiya Moorthy
India’s diplomatic slowdown in Maldives
Indian Foreign Policy
Feb 13, 2018

India’s diplomatic slowdown in Maldives

India’s Maldives initiative of the UN kind, as reported in a section of the media, could reopen old wounds in the neighbourhood, where the political

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Maldives: Why are we ignoring the key narrative?
Indian Ocean
Feb 12, 2018

Maldives: Why are we ignoring the key narrative?

Avijit Goel
Nasheed’s military request bad diplomacy for India?
Privacy & Data Protection
Feb 09, 2018

Nasheed’s military request bad diplomacy for India?

Nasheed’s tweet may have produced two undesired effects for India. If anyone in the Yameen dispensation were to take Nasheed and the Indian media se

N. Sathiya Moorthy
A realist Indian strategy for Maldives — and South Asia
Indian Foreign Policy
Feb 09, 2018

A realist Indian strategy for Maldives — and South Asia

The Maldives conundrum is an opportunity for India to craft a better policy towards India’s smaller neighbours.

Rajesh Rajagopalan
Emergency in Maldives: Options before President Yameen and India
Privacy & Data Protection
Feb 06, 2018

Emergency in Maldives: Options before President Yameen and India

As long as Yameen claims to be working within the four walls of the Constitution, there is nothing much that third nations could do on the ground.

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Maldives democracy takes another twist with Nasheed, others freed by SC
Neighbourhood
Feb 02, 2018

Maldives democracy takes another twist with Nasheed, others freed by SC

N. Sathiya Moorthy
China 'stirring up' anti-India discourse in neighbourhood?
Neighbourhood
Dec 22, 2017

China 'stirring up' anti-India discourse in neighbourhood?

The new extra-regional player in China seems to want to provoke internal anti-India debates in individual South Asian nations.

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Yameen’s China deals: Need for India to revisit its IOR neighbourhood policy
Indian Ocean Trade Regimes
Dec 12, 2017

Yameen’s China deals: Need for India to revisit its IOR neighbourhood policy

For New Delhi, the China FTA came as a surprise as less than a year earlier, Yameen had declared that Maldives’ first FTA, whenever signed, would on

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Will President Yameen now tick off India and US too?
Indian Foreign Policy | Indian Ocean
Nov 17, 2017

Will President Yameen now tick off India and US too?

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Nasheed again shoots at combined opposition's feet?
Privacy & Data Protection
Sep 11, 2017

Nasheed again shoots at combined opposition's feet?

Unlike in the past, Yameen seems clear that he would not move a rung down to accommodate the MDP's official demand for freeing Nasheed.

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Maldives: Whither 'international community'?
International Affairs
Sep 01, 2017

Maldives: Whither 'international community'?

Neither Yameen, nor his ministers have explained how getting eternally indebted to China would help in the economic independence of Maldives.

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Maldives: Urgent need to revisit Constitution again?
Privacy & Data Protection
Aug 08, 2017

Maldives: Urgent need to revisit Constitution again?

The need for a review of the pro-democracy constitutional scheme was felt during the interregnum that followed the exit of President Nasheed on Februa

N. Sathiya Moorthy
Has western democracy failed Maldives?
Neighbourhood | Indian Ocean
Jul 29, 2017

Has western democracy failed Maldives?

N. Sathiya Moorthy
In Maldives, the fight again moves to court
Indian Ocean
Jul 13, 2017

In Maldives, the fight again moves to court

| N. Sathiya Moorthy
Maldives’ tilt towards China: Yameen’s innovative way of putting the ball in the court of West
Indian Foreign Policy | Great Power Dynamics | Indian Ocean
Jun 07, 2017

Maldives’ tilt towards China: Yameen’s innovative way of putting the ball in the court of West

| N. Sathiya Moorthy
Maldives Election Commission reopens wounds, Supreme Court usurps legislative power
International Affairs | Neighbourhood | Indian Ocean
Jun 01, 2017

Maldives Election Commission reopens wounds, Supreme Court usurps legislative power

| N. Sathiya Moorthy