The ongoing India- Maldives war of words had no multiple long-term causes but leading to a cumulative polarisation of the world into a bipolar world order which had existed during cold war times..
Indo-Maldivian bilateral relationship was formalised with the signing of the Treaty of Friendship in 1981. Nevertheless, Maldivian foreign policy under President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom took a lukewarm turn towards India, despite India’s aid in preserving his regime during a coup attempt.