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Shared Security Management Engagements of our waters/boarders especially with a Country
like India is
not a Bad move for Maldives Especially with Artillery Vessels Appearing in our Water. Taking lesson from Stephen D. Krasners ideology
In the Maldives for example recently the
unidentified boat with artilleries; without any one taking responsibility for the action is a serious terrorist act that had
the potential to be a danger for the Maldivian. It is a what if situation where we can say what if that boat was in our waters
to attack Maldives just the way they did on the 3rd of November 1988 and killed beloved Maldivian like us. The
news also made me remember that night going on my bicycle for Girl Guide Practise for 11th November celebration;
without knowing that the sound from the background was gunshots fired by foreign mercenaries. Then approached by a man with
a gun near Kibigasdhosuge, asking me to get off my bike, and get into the house next door. We should acknowledge our ultimate
saviour from that nightmare with deadly consequences was none other than our neighbouring country India.
So shared control of boarder is something that Maldivian as a small very vulnerable country in so many ways need at the moment
and we should look into it. Our country I happily acknowledge has such relations established with neighbouring India
and as well as in the past, with the last incidence it has been proved beneficial. Being as proud as peacocks with the kind
of power we have alone; will not guarantee our security with threat as such, so formally establishing such a relation ship
as shared sovereignty over border patrol is of strategic importance for the current Maldives
situation.
One of the major foreign policy challenges of the current time, according
to Kramer is how to encourage the development of well-functioning polities that provide security, social services, and opportunities
for economically remunerative work. Democracy, a system of governance that allows citizens to express their views and, more
importantly, hold government officials accountable for their actions, is the most effective although not the only way to achieve
and sustain such a polity. The most important determinants of democratic development have been underlying socioeconomic conditions
and institutional changes initiated by strategically calculating political elites. In countries that suffer from some combination
of internal trouble (like our current internal political power struggle), poverty, limited governmental capacity, or a scarcity
of moderate institutions even if elections take place, the prospects for developing full-fledged democracy based solely on
domestic resources and actors are poor and the vicious enticements generated by the current international environment often
make matters worse. To promote better governance up to and including democracy, policy makers need effective tools. The apparatus
now on hand, regrettably, consists mostly of governance assistance and intermediary administration, neither of which has proven
particularly successful in getting out of the current situation faced in the political front of Maldives.
Shared control would be a promising addition to the available set of policy options. Shared control and assistance entities
are not uncommon in the countries of the world. It is typical for less capable countries to depend on external actors such
as another state or a regional or international organization or a better developed country. Maldives
doing so is of strategic importance in order to deal with any outside threat as all our attention at the moment is immersed
in the political transition process.
Shared
control could contribute to better governance and democracy as well. Kramer state that for countries that surface from political
conflicts as Maldives hopefully will be soon; sufficiently enough to hold elections that create internationally
recognized and internally legitimated national authorities, shared control could mean a chance to restrain new political structures
with more expertise, better tuned policies, and guarantees against abuses of power. In illiberal democracies, endorsing shared
arrangements could be a way for political candidates to commit themselves credibly to better governance. More generally, shared
security in vulnerable areas could make greedy behaviour by national and local public officials harder as they know there
is a big brother looking after the country. Dreams of vast wealth vying for political power according to Kramer makes politician
take dangerous courses. Once all relevant group of actors recognize that breaking through the barrier will bring dangerous
consequences the threat of such behaviour towards ownership of the country decreases. Not only in the security front but also
in the political reforms process a temporary alliance of less calibre with an experienced country or an institution can help
the Maldives. This is the kind of things we need to seek as a country to develop the country towards
fitting the 21st century framework.
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