ISAS Insights

Favourable results in the upcoming parliamentary elections in the Maldives will allow President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s government to take some strong measures to reinvigorate the country’s economy, which has been pushed into debt by former President Abdulla Yameen (2013-2018). Apart from the economy, the Yameen government had also neglected the country’s old allies by shifting the country’s foreign policy to favour new-found friends. This paper looks at the rift within the ruling coalition, and the present status of the Maldives’ economy and foreign policy.