{"id":118044,"date":"2021-07-12T15:02:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T09:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=118044"},"modified":"2021-07-12T15:02:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T09:32:39","slug":"quad-quadrilateral-security-dialogue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/quad-quadrilateral-security-dialogue\/","title":{"rendered":"QUAD (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD) or Quad<\/strong> is an informal strategic forum among like-minded democracies across the Indian and the Pacific Ocean aimed to ensure and support a <strong>\u201cfree, open and prosperous\u201d Indo-Pacific region<\/strong>. It comprises of the USA, India, Japan and Australia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The grouping traces its genesis to 2004 when the four countries came together to coordinate relief operations in the aftermath of the tsunami.<\/li>\n<li>However, the idea of Quad was initiated in 2007 by the Japanese Prime Minister.\u00a0 But it was dropped with the withdrawal of Australia. It was later revived in the year 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Objective:\u00a0<\/strong>It is viewed as a group of four democracies. They have a shared objective to ensure and support a free, open, and prosperous Indo-Pacific region.<\/li>\n<li>The foundation of Quad is also based on collective effort and shared commitment to counter-terrorism, humanitarian assistance, and disaster relief, maritime security cooperation, development finance, and cybersecurity.<\/li>\n<li>The Quadrilateral coalition was refurbished as \u2018<strong>QUAD 2.0<\/strong>\u2019 in 2017 on the lines of the ASEAN Summit. Quad meetings are taking place on a biannual basis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/quad-and-its-relevance-explained-pointwise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quad Summit and its relevance \u2013 Explained, Pointwise<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD) or Quad is an informal strategic forum among like-minded democracies across the Indian and the Pacific Ocean aimed to ensure and support a \u201cfree, open and prosperous\u201d Indo-Pacific region. It comprises of the USA, India, Japan and Australia. Origin: The grouping traces its genesis to 2004 when the four countries came&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/quad-quadrilateral-security-dialogue\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">QUAD (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-118044","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118044\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}