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#Maldives: मालदीव की सियासत के लिए क्या है उपचुनाव के नतीजों के मायने?
Jul 30, 2023

#Maldives: मालदीव की सियासत के लिए क्या है उपचुनाव के नतीजों के मायने?

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Maldives: Nasheed quits MDP
Jun 26, 2023

Maldives: Nasheed quits MDP

The current political situation in Maldives seems to have descended into further chaos as the Parliament and the EC face a deadlock

Maldives: How ‘swing voters’ matter in presidential polls
Mar 24, 2023

Maldives: How ‘swing voters’ matter in presidential polls

With JP and the Nasheed group possibly stepping into the fray, the swing voters will play a deciding role in the upcoming elections

Hanging in the balance: Maldives Presidential race & big-ticket infrastructure
Mar 07, 2023

Hanging in the balance: Maldives Presidential race & big-ticket infrastructure

The volatile politics in Male at this crucial juncture can change the course of the Presidential race and the future of big-ticket infrastructure in t

Maldives: Solih’s victory in MDP primaries of the presidential poll
Feb 09, 2023

Maldives: Solih’s victory in MDP primaries of the presidential poll

Solih’s recent victory in the presidential primaries deals a blow to the Opposition candidates Nasheed and Yameen’s campaigns

Maldives: The effects of domestic politics on foreign policy
Jan 06, 2023

Maldives: The effects of domestic politics on foreign policy

The Maldivian domestic politics today is in constant flux as the presidential elections draw close

Maldives: Trouble in paradise
Nov 25, 2022

Maldives: Trouble in paradise

As the affairs of the ruling party seem to be heading towards a political showdown, is Maldives descending into political chaos?

Maldives: Achieving debt sustainability might prove difficult
Nov 17, 2022

Maldives: Achieving debt sustainability might prove difficult

Global downturns have made it tricky for the Maldivian government to keep debt financing in check

How the Sri Lankan crisis may affect Maldives
Aug 08, 2022

How the Sri Lankan crisis may affect Maldives

One thing the Maldives should learn from the crisis is the consequence of deferring much-needed structural reforms

India-Maldives relations: Solih’s recent visit to India
Aug 05, 2022

India-Maldives relations: Solih’s recent visit to India

Solih’s visit underscored the strengthening of the economic and security ties in the backdrop of the Opposition’s ‘India Out’ campaign.

Maldives: Should the MDP be worried over poor turn-out in party poll?
May 18, 2022

Maldives: Should the MDP be worried over poor turn-out in party poll?

The MDP should put a stop to its political infighting and present a united front in the upcoming presidential poll.

A blurring dichotomy: Can the new bill prevent the Maldives’ diplomatic disruptions?
Feb 15, 2022

A blurring dichotomy: Can the new bill prevent the Maldives’ diplomatic disruptions?

The new bill reflects the Maldives government’s earnest attempt to protect its foreign policy interests, but it could backfire on the domestic front

What does by-poll result mean for Maldives politics
Feb 09, 2022

What does by-poll result mean for Maldives politics

The recent by-elections raise some key questions regarding the future of the Maldivian democracy.

Maldives: Coalition partners rally around Solih against Yameen’s ‘India Out’ campaign
Jan 05, 2022

Maldives: Coalition partners rally around Solih against Yameen’s ‘India Out’ campaign

Should Yameen’s Opposition reconsider their campaign strategy for the 2023 polls before it is too late?

Maldives: What does Yameen’s acquittal mean for domestic politics, India ties
Dec 06, 2021

Maldives: What does Yameen’s acquittal mean for domestic politics, India ties

As former President Abdulla Yameen is released from a four-year incarceration, his re-emergence into politics will have an impact on India-Maldives ti

Why and how India is not a threat to Maldives’ independence
Nov 19, 2021

Why and how India is not a threat to Maldives’ independence

It has become quite apparent that India is not a threat to Maldives despite the efforts made by the Opposition to prove otherwise.

Maldives: Why the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party is still divided ahead of crucial elections
Apr 02, 2021

Maldives: Why the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party is still divided ahead of crucial elections

The immediate task on hand is for the MDP to stay united and face the 10 April local council elections and ensure a sweep well ahead of the presidenti

What do Maldivian Democratic Party ‘rebels’ plan for the party and the nation?
Mar 12, 2021

What do Maldivian Democratic Party ‘rebels’ plan for the party and the nation?

The rebel MPs seem to have concluded that the MDP cannot win the presidential polls with incumbent Solih as their candidate — Nasheed seems to be th

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

Maldives: Advantage MDP, but possibilities still in parliament polls
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

Nasheed again shoots at combined opposition's feet?
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.

MDP decision revives hopes on Roadmap Talks
Aug 14, 2012

MDP decision revives hopes on Roadmap Talks

MDP's decision to call off the daily protest demonstrations, demanding early presidential polls, has revived the hopes of early resumption of the All-Party Roadmap Talks, initiated by President Mohammed Waheed Hassan at the instance of Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai in March.

MDP's 'May Day' call, now again to India
Apr 30, 2015

MDP's 'May Day' call, now again to India

Combined with the Maldives government's demonstrated preparations for a face-off, the tone and tenor of the Opposition's preparations for the May Day rally, and their call for the civil society to chip in, indicate a possible repeat of the 'December 23 movement' protests (2011-12) that led to President Nasheed's exit.

It's advantage MDP in Maldives now
Feb 25, 2011

It's advantage MDP in Maldives now

With the first-ever local council elections concluding without incidents, Maldives has completed the first phase of multi-party democracy introduced with the presidential polls of October-November 2011.

Maldives: After convicting MDP MP, will court now turn to Nasheed?
Feb 28, 2014

Maldives: After convicting MDP MP, will court now turn to Nasheed?

In Maldives, all the four present and former presidents need to talk to each other, not talk at each other, as has been the case over the past five years if they are serious about constitutional and administrative reforms, in whatever way each one of them visualise.