Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ranjan, Amit

Titel

Foreign Policy Choice or Domestic Compulsion? Maldives’ Deep Ties With Saudi Arabia

Ist Teil von

• Journal of Asian and African studies (Leiden), 2023-06, Vol.58 (4), p.556-569

Ort / Verlag

London, England: SAGE Publications

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This paper analyses how Maldives’ close ties with Saudi Arabia have affected its relations with other countries from Middle East Asia. Following the footsteps of Saudi Arabia, Maldives severed its diplomatic relations with Iran in 2016 and with Qatar in 2017. The paper discusses the economic investments Riyadh has made to develop civic infrastructure in the island nation. However, more than diplomatic ties and economic investments, close relations between Malé and Riyadh have affected the Island state’s society. There is a spread of religious obstructionism in Maldivian society, for which several outside scholars and Maldivians blame Saudi Arabia. Finally, the paper briefly discusses Maldives’ ties with Middle East countries other than Saudi Arabia.