Quad Plus

Japan’s hosting of the Quad summit this year is the perfect opportunity to bring other partners on board. But how?

As the Tokyo Olympics come to an end, the very successful Japan-New Zealand partnership may be about to become a lot more complicated.

Moon and Biden are looking for very different results from the upcoming summit.

France has emerged as one of India’s closest strategic partners and the relationship is likely to bloom further in the coming years. 

Two notable “firsts” about the recent Quad ministerial meeting could have long-term implications for ASEAN centrality.

Vietnam's big year as the rotating chair of ASEAN has been disrupted, necessitating an alternative strategy.

COVID-19 will likely have a range of significant effects on Indo-Pacific security and geopolitics in both the short and long-term. 

If the Quad is not going to pursue hard military balancing against China, it needs to go all-in on humanitarian aid. The COVID-19 pandemic is the right time to start.

The Quad Plus may actually jeopardize what, in recent years, has become the Quad’s primary mission long-term: signalling unified resolve to counter China’s growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific.