Contesting China in the Maldives: India’s foreign policy challenge

Q3 Social Sciences Round Table Pub Date : 2023-07-04 DOI:10.1080/00358533.2023.2244286
H. Thakur
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ABSTRACT India’s foreign policy in South Asia has recently suffered revisions following increased Chinese presence in the region. Since 2007 the Maldives has also witnessed a tremendous change in its foreign policy from the ‘India First’ to the ‘India Out’ campaign. Islamic fundamentalism is on the rise in the Maldives and is impacting its foreign policy choices. China has shown great interest in the Maldives. While the Maldives has signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China and recorded enormous Chinese investments in various projects, the Indian ground in the island state has shrunk in the last decade. This article discusses how the Maldives has realised its geostrategic significance in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and how India has succeeded in restoring its traditional clout in Malé after the return of President Ibrahim Solih in 2018. It also discusses the Indian role in the Maldives during the pandemic and the signing of several Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), maritime security understandings and partnerships with the United States in the Indo-Pacific in view of groupings such as the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) and Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF). Also examined is how the sharing of the Free and Open Indo-Pacific vision (FOIP) has brightened the scope of India’s relations with the Maldives.
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马尔代夫与中国较量:印度外交政策面临挑战
摘要:随着中国在南亚地区的存在增加,印度在南亚的外交政策最近发生了变化。自2007年以来,马尔代夫的外交政策也发生了巨大变化,从“印度优先”运动转变为“印度退出”运动。伊斯兰原教旨主义在马尔代夫兴起,并正在影响其外交政策选择。中国对马尔代夫表现出极大的兴趣。尽管马尔代夫与中国签署了自由贸易协定,并记录了中国在各种项目上的巨额投资,但印度在这个岛国的地盘在过去十年中已经缩小。本文讨论了马尔代夫如何实现其在印度洋地区的地缘战略意义,以及印度如何在2018年易卜拉欣·索利赫总统回国后成功恢复其在马累的传统影响力。它还讨论了印度在疫情期间在马尔代夫的作用,以及鉴于四方安全对话(QUAD)和印太繁荣经济框架(IPEF)等组织,印度与美国在印太签署了几项谅解备忘录、海上安全谅解和伙伴关系。还研究了自由开放的印度-太平洋愿景(FOIP)如何扩大了印度与马尔代夫的关系范围。
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Round Table Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development
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期刊介绍: Founded in 1910, The Round Table, Britain"s oldest international affairs journal, provides analysis and commentary on all aspects of international affairs. The journal is the major source for coverage of policy issues concerning the contemporary Commonwealth and its role in international affairs, with occasional articles on themes of historical interest. The Round Table has for many years been a repository of informed scholarship, opinion, and judgement regarding both international relations in general, and the Commonwealth in particular, with authorship and readership drawn from the worlds of government, business, finance and academe.
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