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‘Maldives Has Moved From Denial To Dealing With Religious Extremism’

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NEW DELHI: Faris Maumoon, Executive Council Member of the Maldives Reform Movement (MRM) in conversation with StratNewsGlobal Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. The discussion ranges from how and why the MRM headed by former President Maumoon Gayoom split with ex-President Yameen, how India is back as the primary strategic partner, what is China’s role in trade and development and how religious extremism is being handled in a country that was once reported to supply the most fundamentalists per capita to the ‘Islamic State’ and other terror groups
Maumoon Gayoom was the President of Maldives from 1978-2008. His half-brother Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom won the 2013 Presidential polls which saw a distinct shift in policy away from New Delhi towards Beijing. The brothers though split in 2016 and ex-President Gayoom and family members, including his son Faris Maumoon, were jailed but subsequently released. Now, ex-President Yameen is in jail, ex-President Gayoom is with the current government headed by President Ibrahim Solih.
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Amitabh P. Revi
The 'Eye' of the story not the 'I' of the story. That's Amitabh Pashupati Revi's credo from the beginning of his professional journey in 1995. From conflicts in the war zones of Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq to nuances of international politics in the Maldives,Thailand, and South Sudan, Amitabh has reported from all the world's continents, except for Antarctica(so far). Though, he has documented the world's third pole, the Siachen Glacier!
Amitabh reports and produces documentaries on the two-front China-Pakistan threat to India. His ground reports from Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh have received viewership in the hundreds of thousands. Amitabh has interviewed world leaders, top global analysts, and experts in India, Russia, the United States, and Australia as well. Along the way, he’s picked up the Russian language, the Ramnath Goenka Award for his reporting on the 'Islamic State' terrorist group in Iraq, the Khaled Alkhateb Award for his reporting from Palmyra, Syria, and the UN Dag Hammarskjöld Distinguished Journalist Fellowship. Last but not least, as a founder member of StratNews Global, Amitabh helps lead the reporting, editorial, production, and administration teams at StratNews Global, BharatShakti, and InterStellar on their journey ahead.
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