Within days a decisive event will occur with long-run consequences for the Indo-Pacific — new US President Joe Biden will meet with Japan’s leader, Yoshihide Suga, India’s Narendra Modi and Australia’s Scott Morrison — taking the four-nation “Quad” concept to a new and serious level.
The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, long mooted, much debated, now fast-tracked, will assume elevated form when the four leaders meet as a group for the first time, probably next week or the week after. Morrison has been a champion of this process and calls the Quad “very central” to the regional power balance. Read More…
