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The president of the Maldives says that his country’s small size doesn’t give anyone the license to bully it, in a sign of defiance toward India, the archipelago state’s giant neighbor

This week started with Indian social media and the Godi media, both finding a new “enemy” to hate on as they campaigned against the Maldives. 

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With the calls for boycotts and rising hypernationalistic rhetoric, India and the Maldives need to take a step back and reassess their responses

BREWDOG founder James Watt took a luxurious island holiday with his celebrity girlfriend Georgia Toffolo before deciding to axe the Real Living Wage…

Mohamed Muizzu’s government in the Maldives is caught in a melee. Having stormed to power over a hyper-nationalist poll campaign against “Indian military presence”, just four months later, it’s now requesting China to send in more tourists to the island nation after a diplomatic stand-off with India and the looming…

The relationship between India and the Maldives is facing challenges after officials in the tiny island nation made derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s posts that promoted the pristine beaches of India’s Lakshadweep archipelago

As far as neighbourhood regimes go, the last few days have been a mixed bag for India’s diplomacy for different reasons. 

The ruling coalition of the Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) and the People’s National Congress (PNC) deployed anti-India sentiments and attempted to spread disinformation around this theme during the 2023 presidential elections, according to a report issued by the European Union.