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Articles are short 800-850-word commentaries that provide a more analytical view of issues currently in the news.
Maldives: GMR, Nexbis and the Tale of Two Ousters
N Manoharan discusses the reasons and larger strategic implications of the ouster

Maldives: Plight of a Free Media
Annapoorna Karthika looks at how political rivalry is redefining the practice of journalism within the country

Maldives: Judiciary’s Angst on Reforms
Annapoorna Karthika questions judicial reforms amid political tension and a skewed understanding of democracy within the country

BASIC Needs a New Strategy
Swaran Singh comments on the 6th BASIC Environment Ministers' meeting recently held in New Delhi

Implications of Indian Foreign Secretary's Visit to Sri Lanka
Mayank S Bubna is critical of New Delhi's position on Colombo's all-out war against the LTTE

LTTE on the Run
RR Vinod argues that the LTTE will be unable to come back in force from its current series of setbacks

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News
No military base in Maldives: US
India Times, 7 May 2013
WASHINGTON: Ruling out military base or having permanent boots on the ground in Maldives, a top Obama Administration official said that the US has consulted India on the Status of Forces Agreement  which it is negotiating with the island nation...

Indian experts to visit Maldives for satellite study
Minivan News, 29 April 2013
A team of Indian experts will be visiting the Maldives to study how India can help to launch and operate the nation’s first communications satellite, reports local media.Minister of Defence Colonel (Retired)  Mohamed Nazim told local...

No proposal for US military base in Maldives, insists Minister
Haveeru, 25 April 2013
Maldives Defence Minister Mohamed Nazim on Thursday refuted rumors suggesting that the United States had proposed to establish a military base in the Maldives.Speaking to Haveeru, Nazim said US had agreements with several countries to carry out various...

India to provide Maldives with equipment, financial assistance for defence
Minivan News, 24 April 2013
India has pledged to provide the Maldives with an assortment of defence equipment, infrastructure, and training, reports local media.Seven radar systems, adding to the three already in place, are being given by the Indian government, as well as a helicopter...

India, Maldives to step up defence cooperation
Times of India, 16 April 2013
NEW DELHI: India has assured Maldives that it is committed to further enhancing the defence cooperation and security partnership, ranging from exercises and capacity building of its armed forces, with the 1,190-island archipelago where China is making...

Issue Briefs, Special Reports, Research Papers
Building Bridges: A Regional Dialogue
Panchali Saikia , Pradeepa Viswanathan and Ruhee Neog
Conference Report 42
Energy and Environmental Security: A Regional Dialogue (Final Report)
Conference Report 36
Security Net: Nuclear Risk Reduction in Southern Asia
Lydia Walker & Annie Siris Coombs
Special Report 101
India and Maldives: Towards Consolidation
N Sathiya Moorthy
Issue Brief 145
Failure or Functional Anarchy?: Understanding Weak/Failing States in South Asia
D Suba Chandran
Issue Brief 100
books
Energy & Environmental Security: A Cooperative Approach in South Asia
D Suba Chandran and J Jeganaathan (Eds.)
New Delhi: IPCS, 2011
 
 

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