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Published in: HomeFreezing the thaw: managing the rush for Arctic Black Gold
The world’s wealthiest and most powerful nations will be able to better endure these disruptions, just as they now...
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Published in: civilResistanceArrest of a nonviolent leader in the Maldives challenges the international community
‘Terrorism’ charges might give the government leverage against a bid made by Nasheed to participate in any official...
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Published in: civilResistanceDemocratic decline in the Maldives: will the world wake up?
When Gayoom the elder was president, the government sought to facilitate the entrance of Islamist groups into the...
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Published in: 50.50Is Islamic State a cover for government policy in the Maldives?
Journalists, independent social media activists, human rights defenders and opposition politicians in the Maldives...
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Published in: civilResistanceThe Maldives: a serial coup in progress?
Should Britain, the United States and others who claim to be concerned, stand by and allow reactionary forces to...
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Published in: HomeApparent fraud in Maldivian elections threatens prospects for democracy
There are a number of troubling indicators that major fraud may have occurred in the election held on September 7,...
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Published in: HomeFor South Asians on the “We are all Malala” bandwagon
Given such levels of violence against girls and women, it is a wonder that so many Indians can feel superior while...
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Published in: HomeThe ongoing attack on democracy in the Maldives
If western countries are unwilling to place any pressure against a regime of questionable legitimacy, allied with a...
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Published in: HomeDemocracy imperilled in the Maldives
The United States and much of the international community has understandably been focused on increasingly violent...
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Published in: HomeMaldives struggling with infant democracy
Two years after becoming a multi-party democracy a political struggle between the president and the...