“You can’t give up, and you shouldn’t give up. The stakes are too high.”

The Diplomat's editors discuss Indian Ocean geopolitics, including the Maldives crisis and the significance of Duqm.

India has options in the Maldives outside of military intervention and sanctions.

The current crisis is the culmination of political trends years in the making.

Doing nothing is not an option, but there are few good choices for India.

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

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

If the international community is going to save Maldives' democracy, it must move quickly.

A group of opposition leaders reportedly met recently in Sri Lanka.

Sheikh Imran Abdulla of the Islamic Adhaalath Party in the Maldives was convicted on terrorism charges.

A look back at the stories that mattered most.

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.

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

The government proposes new legislation that would enable it to target dissidents at will.