Maldives’ Plan to Align Elections Tests the Country’s Built-In Checks on Power
The government has been selling a deceptively simple idea: run the presidential and parliamentary elections…
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Maldives’ Chagos Claim Meets the World as It Is
For decades, the Chagos Archipelago was a distant colonial quarrel between London and Port Louis,…
Why Maldives Needs an AI Strategy Before the Technology Decides for Us
Artificial intelligence has moved beyond novelty. What was once framed as experimentation has now entered…
Haze Over the Maldives Highlights a Regional Pollution Problem
A spell of haze continues to affect parts of the Maldives, reducing visibility and impacting…
2026: A Year of Reckoning for Maldives
Maldives has a habit of turning tomorrow’s constraints into today’s politics. But 2026 is different,…
Sri Lanka Incident Exposes Gaps in Maldives’ Foreign Policy Accountability
A familiar foreign policy problem resurfaced recently, not through a formal dispute between governments, but…
New Year, New Intellectual Property Office; Shift in Economic and Creative Policy
The Maldives began 2026 with the formal establishment of the Maldives Intellectual Property Office (MIPO),…
Maldives in 2025: An Economy Under Strain and a Presidency That Centralised Power
The Maldives closed 2025 grappling with two intertwined realities. The first was economic pressure that…
Why Targeting the Workforce the Maldives Relies On May Backfire
Nationalism is often sold as protection. In practice, it frequently begins with classification, moves into…
The Second Engine of Maldives’ Economy Is Stuttering. Can Fisheries Be Fixed in Time?
When yellowfin vessels gathered off Malé on Fishermen’s Day 2025, the scene had a familiar…
Maldives’ Democracy Is Only As Strong As Its Opposition
The Maldivian Democratic Party enters the final stretch of 2025 arguably in a weaker position…
Debt, Rent and the Race to Keep Up: A Portrait of the Maldivian Middle Class
On most evenings in Malé, the signs of prosperity are easy to spot. New cafés…
Malé’s Taxi Barons and a State Struggling to Respond
On some evenings at Velana International Airport, the taxi queue looks less like a public…
Corporate Maldives Magazine November 2025 Edition Now Published
Corporate Maldives has published the November 2025 edition of the Corporate Maldives Magazine. As a…
The Mirage of Sustainability: Can SEZ Townships Deliver What They Promise?
When the Maldives amended its Special Economic Zones Act in late 2025, it introduced a…
Corporate Maldives Bizweek 2026 Set for 29–31 October
Corporate Maldives has announced that its flagship annual event, Bizweek 2026, will be held from…
Fiscal Reform, Except for the People Who Wrote the Budget
The government’s 2026 state budget continues to signal fiscal strain despite claims of progress. Presented…
Maldives’ Declining Birth Rate: The Looming Economic Impact of a Super-Aged Population
The Maldives is heading towards a demographic turning point that could reshape its economy, workforce,…
Maldives’ Payments Revolution: Fast Rails, Slow Habits
If you were to judge the Maldives’ financial future by its instant payment system, Favara,…
Forty-Five Years On: How The Maldives Rewrote Its Economy, And The Risks That Remain
In 1980, the World Bank’s first look at the Maldives read like a dispatch from…
Fenaka’s Audit Is More Than Scandal, It’s a Call for Reform
In a country of small communities and large state companies, corruption rarely looks like a…
Dhiraagu’s 37 Years Show How Connectivity Shaped a Nation
Dhiraagu turns 37 today, marking more than three and a half decades of progress that…
A Small State, a Global Voice: Maldives at the General Assembly
In September 1965, only weeks after independence, the Maldives took its first step onto the…
Democracy Dies in the Dark
President Dr Mohamed Muizzu on Thursday ratified the controversial media regulation bill, replacing the country’s…