What is China Quad?

The Biden administration moved quickly to dispel any concerns that it might abandon an initiative championed by its predecessor. One week after inauguration, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan praised the Quad as “a foundation upon which to build substantial American policy in the Indo-Pacific region.”

Which countries are in the Quad?

Australia, India, Japan and the United States are strengthening cooperation through their Quad partnership to tackle pressing challenges in the Indo-Pacific and beyond.

How many countries are in Quad?

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The four countries have an alliance called the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or Quad, that positions itself as being committed to a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific.

Which country is part of the quadrilateral security dialogue?

The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD, also known as the Quad or QUAD) is a strategic dialogue between the United States, India, Japan and Australia that is maintained by talks between member countries.

Is the Quad a real threat to China’s economy?

China’s top officials will likely only consider the Quad a real threat if the group begins to deliver concrete results that undermine China’s economic appeal for the wider region, such as by pooling resources to provide alternative infrastructure investment financing or creating new supply chains that route around China.

How should China respond to the Quad?

Some Chinese observers argue d that Beijing’s best response to the Quad should be to drive wedges between the four states, leveraging China’s economic appeal and perceptions that America’s commitment to Asian security was diminishing.

Is China’s Quad an “Asian NATO?

Some Chinese analysts have portrayed the Quad as an incipient “Asian NATO.” Others, on the other hand, are skeptical that the grouping will ever match NATO’s level of institutionalization even if it is still able to promote coordination on the South China Sea or otherwise complicate China’s diplomatic agenda.

How did the Quad come about?

HOW DID THE QUAD COME ABOUT? Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe first proposed the Quad in 2007, envisaging a grouping that would help uphold “freedom and prosperity” in the Asia-Pacific. While not mentioning China by name, his proposals were widely understood as aimed at countering Beijing’s growing influence in the region.