The Maldives Is a Tiny Paradise. Why Are China and India Fighting Over It?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/05/world/asia/maldives-china-india.html
Asia’s two giants are crowding the island nation with building projects, tossing its newborn democracy to and fro.
Why Is the Maldives Spurning India?
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/maldives-becoming-islamist-chinese-client-on-india-doorstep-by-shashi-tharoor-2024-02
One might expect there to be a deep reservoir of goodwill between India and the Maldives, given their longstanding relationship spanning strategic, economic, and cultural domains. But, much to India’s alarm, the Maldives has lately been courting China as a new patron and nurturing Islamist radicalism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/05/world/asia/maldives-china-india.html
Asia’s two giants are crowding the island nation with building projects, tossing its newborn democracy to and fro.
Why Is the Maldives Spurning India?
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/maldives-becoming-islamist-chinese-client-on-india-doorstep-by-shashi-tharoor-2024-02
One might expect there to be a deep reservoir of goodwill between India and the Maldives, given their longstanding relationship spanning strategic, economic, and cultural domains. But, much to India’s alarm, the Maldives has lately been courting China as a new patron and nurturing Islamist radicalism.