With vision of a 'free and open Indo-Pacific', Quad leaders send a clear signal to China

Lavina  Lee

With vision of a 'free and open Indo-Pacific', Quad leaders send a clear signal to China

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The Quad has come a long way since it was resurrected in 2017 as a loose coalition comprising the US, Australia, India and Japan. The face-to-face, leaders summit at the end of last week marked a new high point for the grouping.

Three of the members continue to suffer Chinese coercion in various forms: economic coercion in Australia’s case, and the use of military and grey-zone tactics to advance territorial claims when it comes to India and Japan.

It is an open secret the Quad’s primary and overwhelming raison d’etre is countering China. As a response, Beijing vacillates between outright scepticism and scornful indignation about the return of a “Cold War mentality” to the region.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Conversation. Academic rigour, journalistic flair.
Publisher	The Conversation Media Group
Publication status	Published - 26 Sept 2021

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With vision of a 'free and open Indo-Pacific', Quad leaders send a clear signal to China

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