India-Maldives Relations

Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Male reflected the pragmatic recalibration of bilateral relations recently soured under President Mohamed Muizzu’s ‘India Out’ campaign.

• Anand Kumar
• IDSA Comments

While President Muizzu’s policy towards India is short-sighted and lacks sophistication, India should continue with its measured response given the geo-strategic importance of Maldives.

• Ashok Sajjanhar
• February 05, 2024
• IDSA Comments

This Occasional Paper is a brief first-hand personal account of the Tevents, discussions, decisions and the action taken in November 1988 by the Government of India to provide help to the Government of Maldives to quell an attempted coup.

• Arun Kumar Banerjee
• Occasional Papers

Maldives’ foreign policy has witnessed a shift from ‘India First’ under former President Ibrahim Solih to ‘India Out’ that was central to Mohammed Muizzu’s presidential campaign.

• Tejusvi Shukla
• December 13, 2023
• IDSA Comments

President Mohamed Muizzu will continue security and defence cooperation with India and unlikely to cancel ongoing infrastructure projects.

• Gulbin Sultana
• November 06, 2023
• Issue Brief

The domestic politics of the Maldives might significantly change if the position of the MDP government weakens. It might change the flavour of India–Maldives bilateral relationship and will also have an impact on the security environment in the Indian Ocean region.

• Anand Kumar
• August 13, 2021
• IDSA Comments

Not intervening at this stage would be viewed by the people of Maldives as an abdication of responsibility by India.

• Rumel Dahiya
• February 09, 2018
• IDSA Comments

India will be able to help and support only to the extent that the demand for democracy and freedom from within Maldives continues to put pressure on Yameen and his security forces.

• Ashok Sajjanhar
• February 08, 2018
• IDSA Comments

• Anand Kumar
• Book

President Yameen decision to visit India soon after his election in November 2013, is an indication that he wants to put India-Maldives relations on a positive track which had received a setback since President Nasheed was deposed in 2011. A notable feature of the visit was a joint declaration recognising India-Maldivian cooperation not only in the context of South Asia but also in the context of the Indian Ocean.

• Arvind Gupta
• January 13, 2014
• Policy Brief