Security
What future for the Quad?
By Rahul Bedi
May 2026
The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or Quad, is an informal strategic grouping of Australia, India, Japan and the US aimed at countering China’s growing military power and influence in the Indo-Pacific. Its leaders have not met formally for some time and, as Rahul Bedi reports from Delhi, the organisation is under strain following President Donald Trump’s disparagement of its three other members.
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