Democracy Hijacked: The Political Flow

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The Maldivian political system has been getting the pass for being a fairly young democratic system for the past two decades. With Speaker Mohamed Nasheed — marked as the standard...

Sri Lanka rising

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Sri Lanka is currently going through the worst economic crisis it has seen in decades. Arguably the nation had been in better shape even through the decades-old civil war which...

Zero-tolerance to prosecuting politicians

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Justice in the Maldives has been a fickle thing of late. The Solih administration had taken the helm with the aim of building back better, to establish more stringent restrictions...

The reality of working from home

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Working from home (WFH) sounds like a concept dreamt up by kids who preferred more holidays during their life at school. What could be better than to report to work...

The Maldives' China-India Conundrum

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If the agreement to build a world class stadium in Hulhumalé was not sign enough about renewed connections with China, then recent news only seeks to cement the fact. A...

Time to walk the talk on terror

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On 14 December, the Criminal Court sentenced Adhuham Rasheed, charged with attempting to assassinate Speaker of Parliament Mohamed Nasheed, on 6 May 2021, to 23 years, six months and nine...

Our institutions are too far behind

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The acquittal of former president Abdulla Yameen by the Supreme Court is being rightly celebrated as a win for the Maldives’ Judicial System. The Supreme Court, devoid of political influence...