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The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (the Quad)

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Antony Blinken
Antony Blinken

“In the earlier days of COVID, India was there for the United States - something we will never forget. And now we want to make sure that we're there for India as well. We're united in confronting COVID-19 together. We're united in dealing with the challenge posed by climate change, and we are partnered together directly through the Quad (a group that includes the United States, India, Japan and Australia), other institutions in the United Nations, in dealing with many of the challenges we face in the region and around the world.”

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U.S. Secretary of State
28 May 2021 5 3
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Joe Biden
Joe Biden

“A free and open Indo Pacific is essential to each of our futures. The United States is committed to working with you, our partners, and all our allies in the region, to achieve stability.”

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President of the United States
12 Mar 2021 2 3
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Benoit Hardy-Chartrand
Benoit Hardy-Chartrand

“The fact that the quad meeting now is going to be at the leader level is certainly an illustration of the seriousness with which, and the importance that, all four partners give to this partnership.”

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East Asia analyst at Temple University in Tokyo
11 Mar 2021 4 3
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Ramon Pacheco Pardo
Ramon Pacheco Pardo

“I think that it would make sense for Korea to join an expanded Quad if it isn't openly anti-China. The Quad plus format, for example, has not been anti-China but rather pro-cooperation among its members. Thus, if the Biden administration presents the expanded Quad as an initiative to cooperate among those countries that share similar views about the future of Asia and the Indo-Pacific, I think that it would make sense for Korea to join. Also, an expanded Quad including Korea and others such as, for example, New Zealand, and perhaps Indonesia would look less anti-China than the current Quad. This is because these countries have a more balanced approach toward Beijing, instead of being antagonistic toward it. In a sense, a Quad plus could be an Asian version of the expanded G7, which isn't openly anti-China but rather pro-cooperation among like-minded partners.”

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KF-VUB Korea chair, Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
07 Feb 2021 5 5
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Brad Glosserman
Brad Glosserman

“The Quad is intended to support the rule of law, regional stability and security. Joining the group would allow South Korea to participate more fully in regional security mechanisms and play a role commensurate to its status and capability. It signals Seoul's respect for a rules-based order and its readiness to support and sustain it. Inclusion in the Quad would also promote cooperation more broadly with participating nations.”

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Senior advisor to Pacific Forum, deputy director of and visiting professor at the Tama University Center for Rule Making Strategies in Japan
07 Feb 2021 2 4
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Gregory Poling
Gregory Poling

“There is just not enough shared strategic interest or shared desire to accept risk on the military front. The way that the four different Quad members view their interests in the Indo-Pacific leads them to prioritise different areas. For instance, for the US, South China Sea and East China Sea are vital. Same goes for Japan. And for Australia, it also includes the Western Pacific. But for India, the Quad is about the Indian Ocean and South China Sea is a secondary theatre. So, while India may be willing to help with capacity-building, it’s not going to actually take risks that might involve violence or escalation in the South China Sea. It’s one thing for India to have a tense, antagonistic relationship with Beijing. It’s another for India to be part of an explicit coalition that seeks to contain Beijing. That would feel far too much like being part of a bloc. And India historically has resisted that.”

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Director of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative at the US-based Center for Strategic and International Studies
25 Nov 2020 11 4
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Herve Lemahieu
Herve Lemahieu

“The first time the Quadrilateral grouping was proposed [in 2007], it was a far more tentative partnership. Australia in particular was sceptical of the need for a Quad and it was wary of upsetting diplomatic relations with China. That’s why the initial iteration fell apart. Since then, there has been a hardening of attitudes towards China among all the Quadrilateral partners. And in that sense, Beijing has been its own worst enemy. The Quad comes about as an effort to try to deter China’s ability to challenge and disrupt the rules-based order and the status quo in the Indo-Pacific region. It’s a signalling on the part of these four democracies [India, Australia, US, Japan] that they are and they would get even more serious about acting as a military and strategic counterweight to China, if Beijing were to continue to challenge [the status quo], not just in the South China Sea but also in the Indian Ocean.”

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Director of the power and diplomacy programme at the Sydney-based Lowy Institute
25 Nov 2020 8 4
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Stephen Biegun
Stephen Biegun

“The Indo-Pacific region is actually lacking in strong multilateral structures. They don‘t have anything of the fortitude of Nato or the European Union. The strongest institutions in Asia oftentimes are not, I think, not inclusive enough and so … there is certainly an invitation there at some point to formalise a structure like this. Remember even Nato started with relatively modest expectations and a number of countries [initially] chose neutrality over Nato membership.”

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Deputy Secretary of State
01 Sep 2020 2 2
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