New players are creating a more multipolar and complex Indian Ocean environment

Duqm adds an important node to a growing network of facilities in the Indian Ocean held by actors with interests in preserving the status quo.

Indian policymakers will weigh the pros and cons of various measures in the coming days. Will New Delhi intervene?

Voices critical of the government and religious extremism face the threat of abduction -- or worse.

On International Day of the Disappeared, the story of one vanished man in the Maldives.

The bilateral relationship between Male and Riyadh hasn't received too much attention to date, but is quickly growing.

Maldives withdrew from the Commonwealth in October, further highlighting its democratic backsliding.

Maldives' new foreign minister visited India on his first trip abroad since taking office.

The relationship between India and the European Union has room to go. Wednesday's summit sustained momentum, despite difficulties.

Things can get a little tense on the idyllic Indian Ocean archipelago.

The Maldives announced a 30-day state of emergency after seizing a weapons cache on one of the country’s islands.

President Abdulla Yameen has declared a state of emergency in the Maldives.

The vice president of the small island nation has been arrested in connection with a September 28 assassination attempt.

Chinese military installations in the Indian Ocean are still a possibility, not a certainty.

A constitutional amendment in the Maldives has India worried about Chinese influence.

The imprisonment of the former president is a tragic commentary on Maldivian democracy.