The global economy is facing the biggest travesty of the catastrophic virus that has impeded the growth and stability of various nations. The vitality of economic progress and political solidity has suffered significant setbacks owing to the unrest that followed as a consequence of the changing world order.
No doubt, the pre-Covid world order had been dominated by the institutionalized imperialism of the United States and Europe. However, the devastation of Covid that was followed up with Russian invasion of Ukraine has left the world to move beyond the hegemonic control of the West, with India and China emerging as the greatest contenders to lead the global order. The rivalry between the two nations is evident from the clashes at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) to gaining strategic control over the Indo-Pacific region.
Maldives becomes the new battlefield
The archipelagic South Asian state of Maldives, situated at the coast of the Indian Ocean, has great strategic and economic significance for India and China alike. However, under the present regime of President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party, has adopted a neutral approach of balancing its interests with both the Chinese and Indian counterparts.
Evidently, the two Asian giants had been contending for strategic advantage by getting the better out of the Maldives. Recently, the Chinese came up with the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA), as an endeavor to gain strategic significance in the Indian Ocean region and take down the dominance of India in the Indo-Pacific region.
Evidently, Maldives was part of the devious Chinese CIDCA scheme. The notorious plan has started to bear fruits in Maldives as well, with the outburst of terrorism and arson against the Indian High Commission in Male. The event has been instigated by the leader of the opposition party, Abbas Adil Riza.
Riza, who currently belongs to the Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM), an Islamist political organization, has previously held the position of Commissioner General of Customs under the administration of former President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom. He and his party are attributed as a mouthpiece of the Chinese in Maldives.
Therefore, the attacks on the Indian High Commission at Male cannot be seen in isolation as the pro-India and anti-India are constantly at war in the region. That is to say, the Chinese influence and role in the attacks at Male cannot be denied as the PLA of China is striving hard to encircle India in the Indian Ocean. Following the recent bashing in Tawang, the Chinese have retorted to attack the growing might of India through radicalized attacks in Maldives through its puppets.
Maldives must hold onto India and save itself from Dragon
The current regime of Maldives had criticised the attacks on the Indian High Commission at Male. However, the anti-India fascist forces are thriving in the nation. The incident is a learning lesson for the Maldives government to understand that it is high time to drive out the radical anti-India elements out of the nation, as the opposition party in Maldives is a glove-puppet of China. If the government does not take appropriate actions, the Chinese aided opposition would lead the nation to a civil war, if it remains out of power.
On the other hand, if the opposition is elected to power, they will lead the country to the calamitous Chinese debt trap. A trap which has already swallowed up the Lankan, Nepalese and Pakistani economies that sided with China. Consequently, the Maldives government should draw anti-India forces out of the nation and be loyal to the Indian counterpart that looks after the nation through the Indian military base in Maldives. The Coastal Surveillance Radar station of India protects the Maldives against the danger of piracy in the surrounding waterways, and is a constant deterrent that protects the populace of Maldives.
Conversely, the Maldives government should hold hands with India which has an established foreign policy dominated with humanitarian motivation as opposed to the selfish and self-centered policy of China, and prevent Maldives from falling in the trap of Chinese debt.
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