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Maldives foreign policy
![Maldives Signals Tilt Toward China Maldives Signals Tilt Toward China](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-01-16-103122.jpeg)
Maldives Signals Tilt Toward China
By Mimrah Abdul Ghafoor
Yet, India is a powerful neighbor, one that plays a major role in the Maldivian economy. How long can President Muizzu sustain this path without taking steps to ease tensions?
![Maldives’ Presidential Election Was Not a Referendum on India or China Maldives’ Presidential Election Was Not a Referendum on India or China](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-10-11-204142.jpg)
Maldives’ Presidential Election Was Not a Referendum on India or China
By Mimrah Abdul Ghafoor
Local political maneuvering and pressing domestic issues – not geopolitics – drove most Maldivians’ voting decisions.
![What to Expect From Maldives’ New President What to Expect From Maldives’ New President](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-10-02-171243.jpg)
What to Expect From Maldives’ New President
Mimrah Abdul Ghafoor and JJ Robinson discuss the domestic politics behind President-elect Muizzu's win and the foreign policy implications going forward.
![The Maldives’ ‘India Out’ Campaign The Maldives’ ‘India Out’ Campaign](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-07-26-1.jpg)
The Maldives’ ‘India Out’ Campaign
By Balachander Palanisamy
The Maldives has begun to realize a mutually beneficial relationship with India, and the Solih government means to maintain it despite a growing rhetoric stirring anti-India sentiments.
![Maldives Foreign Minister Elected as UN Assembly President Maldives Foreign Minister Elected as UN Assembly President](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-06-08-9.jpg)
Maldives Foreign Minister Elected as UN Assembly President
By Edith M. Lederer
Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid of the Maldives pledged a focus on pandemic relief and climate change during his yearlong term as UNGA president.
![Don't Count on the Maldives Sharply Swinging Away From China Don't Count on the Maldives Sharply Swinging Away From China](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-11-04_19-01-51.jpg)
Don't Count on the Maldives Sharply Swinging Away From China
By Ankit Panda
The country's newly elected president, Ibu Solih, is unlikely to fundamentally pull the Maldives away from China.
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