The Quad
Sign in to saveAlso known as Quad, QSD, Quadrilateral Dialogue, Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, Quad Plus
strategic dialogue between the United States, Japan, Australia and India
Key facts
- Established
- 2007 (1st time); lasted until 2008, 2017 (re-established after negotiations in November)
- Type
- Inter-governmental security forum
- Region served
- Indo-Pacific
- Members
- States in the Dialogue: Australia India Japan United States
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Yoshihide Suga joins the Quad FM Meeting in PM Office (1).jpg
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- inception
- 2007-00-00
- Commons category
- Quadrilateral Security Dialogue
- described at URL
- baike.sogou.com/v220934581.htm
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The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, sometimes referred to as the Quad is a grouping of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States that is maintained by talks between member countries. The dialogue is widely viewed by newspapers and think tanks to be a diplomatic arrangement responding to increased Chinese economic and political power.
The grouping was initiated in 2007 by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, with the support of Australian prime minister John Howard, Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh and U.S. vice president Dick Cheney. The dialogue was paralleled by joint military exercises of an unprecedented scale, titled Exercise Malabar. The diplomatic and military arrangement was widely viewed as a response to increased Chinese economic and military power.