Maldives – Asia Times

China’s Quad counter centers on building an anti-India arc

by Maqbool Shah January 1, 2026January 7, 2026

As the Quad — the US, Japan, India and Australia — seeks to constrain Beijing’s ambitions, China is quietly building a counterarchitecture aimed not at the Quad as a whole, but at its most exposed member: India. Through patient investments, military partnerships and political leverage across South Asia, Beijing is turning India’s geography from asset […]

Maldives shows the way to a thriving ‘Blue Economy’

by Enrico Gaveglia July 5, 2024July 5, 2024

The sinking Maldives and the Glasgow climate meet

by Mort Rosenblum October 28, 2021October 28, 2021

India risks repeating history by allying with US

by MK Bhadrakumar November 2, 2020November 4, 2020

Pompeo in Sri Lanka describes China as ‘predator’

by AT Contributor October 29, 2020October 29, 2020

India risks losing its military hold on Maldives

by Seema Sengupta October 3, 2020October 7, 2020

India plans to outbuild China in the Maldives

by Sumit Sharma August 13, 2020August 17, 2020

Maldives officials tout safety as airport reopens

by Dave Makichuk July 16, 2020July 16, 2020

Covid-19 sows Islamic trouble in Maldives paradise

by Bertil Lintner April 5, 2020April 8, 2020

Quarantined Maldives needs China to survive

by Bertil Lintner March 27, 2020March 31, 2020

The China Maldives Friendship Bridge, which is being built near the city of Male. This shot was taken on February 8. Photo: AFP

China, Maldives, South Asia

Maldives seeks diplomatic solution to Chinese debt burden

by AT Contributor December 6, 2019February 18, 2020

Maldives targets one million Chinese tourists

by AT Contributor September 26, 2019February 18, 2020

India, Maldives, South Asia

India’s strategic outreach to Maldives

by Manoj Kumar Mishra September 5, 2019February 18, 2020

China's Bocom International Holdings took the lead in the Maldives' dollar-bond debut. Photo: Asia Times

Maldives, South Asia, World

The looming specter of environmental migration

by Saqib Sheikh August 12, 2019February 18, 2020

Maldives, South Asia

In Maldives, India regains ground lost to China

by Bertil Lintner June 20, 2019February 18, 2020

India's PM Narendra Modi speaks during the inauguration of a hydro power plant in Kashmir earlier this month. The Archbishop of Delhi has called for a prayer campaign until the next election, accusing Modi's party, the BJP, of threatening the country's secular fabric. Photo: Reuters/ Danish Ismail

India, Maldives, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Modi II: Reclaiming the neighborhood

by Swaran Singh June 7, 2019February 18, 2020

Maldives, South Asia

Court orders release of former Maldives president

by Bertil Lintner April 1, 2019February 18, 2020

Maldives, South Asia

Maldives democracy has a geo-strategic twist

by Bertil Lintner February 28, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Why Indo-Pacific region is becoming global hotspot

by Manoj Kumar Mishra February 1, 2019February 6, 2019

AT Finance, Maldives, Philippines, South Asia

Filipino died of heart attack, wife drowned in Maldives

by Asia Times staff January 22, 2019February 18, 2020

Illustration: iStock

How BRI poses risks to 21st-century geopolitical landscape

by Anu Anwar January 15, 2019March 4, 2019

Maldives, South Asia

Filipino newlyweds drown near resort in the Maldives

by Asia Times January 15, 2019February 18, 2020

Map of Maldives: iStock

Beijing, Bhutan, China, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Shanghai, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Perspectives on India-China competition in Maldives

by Manoj Kumar Mishra December 8, 2018

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

AT Finance, Beijing, Bhutan, China, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Winds of change in South Asian politics

by Gaurab Shumsher Thapa November 29, 2018

Then presidential candidate Mohamed Solih addresses the media at his campaign headquarters in Male, the capital of the Maldives, in September. Photo: AFP

China, European Union, India, Maldives, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Modi heads to Maldives to firm up ties

by Bertil Lintner November 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Voting hands and ballot box. Image: iStock

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Taiwan, World

Why China’s leadership abhors democratic elections

by Xuan Loc Doan November 3, 2018

The Sinamale Bridge, formerly known as the China-Maldives Friendship Bridge, was built with funding from China in the Maldives capital Male. But former president Abdulla Yameen was beaten in an election last month that was a fight for influence between India and China. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Pakistan, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Tighter belts and shorter roads plague China’s BRI projects

by Chris Taylor October 17, 2018February 18, 2020

(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 7, 2017 Maldives' President Abdulla Yameen (L) and China's President Xi Jinping listen to their national anthems during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.Back when he was a mild-mannered civil servant, few in the Maldives predicted Abdulla Yameen would one day run the country, let alone with an iron grip, locking up judges, his rivals and even his 80-year-old half-brother. / AFP PHOTO / Fred DUFOUR

China, India, Iraq, Japan, Maldives, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Syria

Unclenching China’s talons in Maldives is no easy task for India

by Prakash Katoch October 16, 2018

Map of Maldives: iStock

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Iraq, Malaysia, Maldives, Middle East, Myanmar, Philippines, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Syria, World

Maldives election sets new course for the nation

by S K Chatterji October 4, 2018

Ibrahim Mohamed Solih (right) and Maldives' self-exiled former president Mohamed Nasheed (left) attend a meeting at Mount Lavinia, a suburb of Colombo, on August 27, 2018. Solih has since been elected president of Maldives. Photo: AFP / Ishara S Kodikara

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Malaysia, Maldives, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Tightrope walk for incoming Maldivian president

by Gunjan Singh October 3, 2018February 18, 2020

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