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The party of the Maldives’ President Mohamed Muizzu won a landslide in Sunday’s parliamentary election, inverting the balance of power domestically and internationally as it will likely strengthen the current government’s pro-China stance, the Associated Press reported. Muizzu’s People’s National Congress (PNC) won 70 out of...

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April 15, 2024

The Wedge Between Two Giants

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In January, the president of the Maldives, Mohamed Muizzu, suspended ex-Deputy Youth Minister Mariyam Shiuna for her disparaging remarks about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The move came as Muizzu was preparing to order Indian troops to leave his archipelago nation around 300 miles south...

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The World Briefly

March 12, 2024

I’ll Be There For You

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The Maldives last week signed a “military assistance” deal with China, shifting further away from neighboring India after ordering its troops out amid mounting tensions in a region strategic to international trade, CNN reported. According to the Maldivian Defense Ministry, the deal was “gratis” – without...

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The World Briefly

January 11, 2024

Booking Canceled

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A diplomatic row between India and the Maldives sparked by social media is causing significant economic repercussions for the island nation, as Indian travelers and travel agencies have begun canceling their reservations in the picturesque archipelago, CNBC reported. Calls for a boycott of the Maldives by...

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The World Briefly

November 21, 2023

Reshuffling the Cards

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Maldives’ new president officially requested Saturday that India withdraw its troops from the country, a move seen as an effort to bring the archipelago closer to China, the Associated Press reported. President Mohamed Muizzu made the announcement shortly after he was sworn in. His statement also...

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The World Briefly

October 02, 2023

Changing Course

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Pro-Beijing opposition candidate Mohamed Muiz won the Maldives’ presidential runoff Saturday, following an election that observers described as a referendum on whether the country will foster closer ties with China or India, Reuters reported. Official results showed Muiz of the People’s National Congress secured more than...

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September 08, 2023

Resetting the Rudder

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In early August, the supreme court of the Maldives, the archipelago nation off India’s southwest coast, ruled that ex-President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom could not take up his former job again because of his conviction on corruption and money laundering charges while in office between...

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March 29, 2022

Packing Proxies

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Some in the Maldives want to reduce the influence of India. The same people in the archipelago nation in the Indian Ocean might want to increase the influence of China in their backyard, too. Lawmakers with the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) recently proposed a bill...

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