Quad 2.0: Non-Alignment, Asian-NATO or Trade Alliance? - By Satish Kumar Karna
- The security landscape in the Indo-Pacific region has experienced significant changes in the last few decades. The increasing assertiveness of China in the South and East China Sea, border standoff with India in the Eastern Ladakh along with the nuclear missile experiments conducted by North Korea, has generated great concern among the neighbouring countries as well as the international community at large. However, for ensuring regional security, new forms of security cooperation”Quadrilateral Security Dialog (Quad)” have emerged.
- The Quad is an informal strategic forum consisting of the US, Japan, Australia, and India. It was set up in 2007 and revived ....