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Can the Quad regain momentum after the India–US reset?
If Washington and New Delhi can compartmentalise their disagreements, the Quad becomes more predictable.
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21 Nov 2025
Quiet strength? Regional friends pitch for issues-based coalitions
From the Quad to trilateral arrangements, purpose-driven partnerships are delivering where multilateral institutions struggle. -
9 Oct 2025
India’s Rajnath Singh in Canberra: Turning warm words into a shared maritime operating model
Real-time information sharing and coordinated patrols would deliver tangible benefits to the Indo-Pacific, not just rhetoric. -
4 Sep 2025
The incredible shrinking Quad
A supposed cornerstone of regional policy seems anything but. -
1 Sep 2025
The fallout for Australia from US-India tension
Canberra and New Delhi could forge deeper ties as compensation for America’s changing regional priorities. -
1 Sep 2025
Four legs bad, three legs better? Rescuing the Quad with an India-Japan-Australia grouping
Three democratic middle powers have compelling reasons to forge an independent partnership that doesn’t depend on US politics. -
25 Aug 2025
The gap between Quad rhetoric and reality
Flowery language from reporters masks a forum that struggles to deliver on grand promises about containing China. -
3 Jul 2025
Critical minerals at a critical moment: Testing the Quad’s resolve
The Washington meeting highlighted supply chain ambitions while US tariffs and defence spending disputes create obstacles in the group. -
18 Jun 2025
How America First could undermine the Quad’s critical minerals plans
A counter to Beijing’s resource dominance is best served by coordinated action, but Donald Trump wants to go his own way. -
11 Mar 2025
Why Australia–India maritime ties matter
Strengthening cooperation in the Indo-Pacific will be good not just for the region but for global security and trade. -
27 Dec 2024
The rise and endurance of minilaterals in the Indo-Pacific
Will small groupings of nations last? Bet on self-interest. -
28 Oct 2024
What a Trump return might mean for AUKUS and the Quad
A nascent regional security “minilateral” architecture is vulnerable to Trump’s brand of disruption. -
26 Sep 2024
The Quad has solid foundations
Questions of the group’s future after the leaders’ summit are misguided. -
20 Sep 2024
Quad leaders trade symbolism over substance
A practical agenda amounts to a fine aim. But such details don’t demand the scrutiny of busy leaders. -
16 Sep 2024
The Quad should talk about a fair Indo-Pacific
A shift in language is an easy start to broaden the appeal of the grouping to regional partners. -
18 Jul 2024
Japan’s 5G ambitions with the Quad
Tokyo is using the four-way grouping to champion its local tech companies against behemoths from Europe and China. -
21 Jun 2024
Has India defanged the Quad?
The “Squad” may take focus away from the Quad on security issues, given India’s longstanding apprehension about alliances. -
24 May 2024
The “Squad” is a welcome spin-off, but the Quad is the main game
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
“Squad” goals: Consolidating the new quadrilateral partnership
With China flexing its muscle in the South China Sea, a revised grouping that includes the Philippines strikes a new balance. -
4 Mar 2024
What binds the Quad
The four-nation grouping suffered a false start but has proved better connected in its new incarnation. -
2 Feb 2024
A practical way for Australia to help in the western Indian Ocean
Expanding the rollout of a Quad maritime domain awareness initiative would be a boost to security – for the region, and Australia. -
22 Nov 2023
Why is Myanmar’s new deep-sea port such hot property?
An alternative route to the Strait of Malacca offers China, and others, a safer, faster and more efficient trade route. -
15 Aug 2023
Don’t conflate the Quad and Malabar
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
Something fishy about China’s anger over the Quad’s open ocean plans
Even illegal fishing is politicised amid growing China-US tensions.