Indian Ocean ‘Zone Of Peace’ Sinking In Troubled Waters – OpEd

Just after a group of mercenaries tried to unsuccessfully oust the government of the Maldives in 1979, I asked a Maldivian diplomat, using a military jargon, about the strength of his country’s “standing army”. “Standing army?”, the diplomat asked with mock surprise, and remarked perhaps jokingly, “We don’t even...