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  • 11 Mar 2025
    • India
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Maritime Security
    • Quad

    Why Australia–India maritime ties matter

    Nidhi Priya
    Strengthening cooperation in the Indo-Pacific will be good not just for the region but for global security and trade.
  • 27 Dec 2024
    • Asia
    • Quad
    • Diplomacy

    The rise and endurance of minilaterals in the Indo-Pacific

    Sarah Teo
    Will small groupings of nations last? Bet on self-interest.
  • 28 Oct 2024
    • Defence & Security
    • Quad
    • United States

    What a Trump return might mean for AUKUS and the Quad

    Aiden Warren , Charles T. Hunt
    A nascent regional security “minilateral” architecture is vulnerable to Trump’s brand of disruption.
  • 26 Sep 2024
    • India
    • Japan
    • Australia
    • Quad
    • United States

    The Quad has solid foundations

    Kieran Thompson
    Questions of the group’s future after the leaders’ summit are misguided.
  • 20 Sep 2024
    • Quad
    • Diplomacy

    Quad leaders trade symbolism over substance

    Daniel Flitton
    A practical agenda amounts to a fine aim. But such details don’t demand the scrutiny of busy leaders.
  • 16 Sep 2024
    • Quad

    The Quad should talk about a fair Indo-Pacific

    Gaurav Saini , Dirk van der Kley
    A shift in language is an easy start to broaden the appeal of the grouping to regional partners.
  • 18 Jul 2024
    • Japan
    • Quad
    • Technology

    Japan’s 5G ambitions with the Quad

    Kieran Thompson
    Tokyo is using the four-way grouping to champion its local tech companies against behemoths from Europe and China.
  • 21 Jun 2024
    • India
    • Quad

    Has India defanged the Quad?

    Chietigj Bajpaee
    The “Squad” may take focus away from the Quad on security issues, given India’s longstanding apprehension about alliances.
  • 24 May 2024
    • India
    • Japan
    • Philippines
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Quad
    • United States

    The “Squad” is a welcome spin-off, but the Quad is the main game

    Rahul Mishra
    India might not perfectly align with its partners in the minilateral group but its Indo-Pacific heft is much greater than that of the Philippines.
  • 9 May 2024
    • India
    • Japan
    • Philippines
    • South China Sea
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Quad
    • United States

    “Squad” goals: Consolidating the new quadrilateral partnership

    Richard Javad Heydarian
    With China flexing its muscle in the South China Sea, a revised grouping that includes the Philippines strikes a new balance.
  • 4 Mar 2024
    • Quad

    What binds the Quad

    Bharat Sharma
    The four-nation grouping suffered a false start but has proved better connected in its new incarnation.
  • 2 Feb 2024
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Maritime Security
    • Quad

    A practical way for Australia to help in the western Indian Ocean

    Jennifer Parker
    Expanding the rollout of a Quad maritime domain awareness initiative would be a boost to security – for the region, and Australia.
  • 22 Nov 2023
    • China
    • Chinese Trade
    • Myanmar
    • Southeast Asia
    • Thailand
    • Trade and Investment in the Asia Pacific
    • Australia and Asia
    • Quad
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Trade

    Why is Myanmar’s new deep-sea port such hot property?

    Shaun Cameron
    An alternative route to the Strait of Malacca offers China, and others, a safer, faster and more efficient trade route.
  • 15 Aug 2023
    • Defence & Security
    • Quad

    Don’t conflate the Quad and Malabar

    Patrick Triglavcanin
    As Indo-Pacific defence postures pivot to the maritime, there’s no need to muddy the waters between hard and soft power.
  • 1 Aug 2023
    • China
    • India
    • Japan
    • Australia
    • Quad
    • Sustainability
    • United States

    Something fishy about China’s anger over the Quad’s open ocean plans

    Denny Roy
    Even illegal fishing is politicised amid growing China-US tensions.

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