{"id":34051,"date":"2018-10-30T15:37:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T10:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=34051"},"modified":"2018-10-30T15:37:36","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T10:07:36","slug":"nagivation-rights-figure-in-first-quadrilateral-talks-eye-on-china-india-joins-team-of-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/nagivation-rights-figure-in-first-quadrilateral-talks-eye-on-china-india-joins-team-of-four\/","title":{"rendered":"Nagivation rights figure in first Quadrilateral talks \u00a0&#038; . Eye on China, India joins team of four"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/sea-rights-figure-in-first-quad-talks\/article20376304.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nagivation rights figure in first Quadrilateral talks <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0&amp; .<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/asean-summit-quadrilateral-narendra-modi-philippines-china-us-japan-4934360\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eye on China, India joins team of four<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Context<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Embarking a new diplomatic initiative, India participated in the first formal official-level discussions conducted under the recently proposed regional coalition known as the \u2018Quad\u2019, the quadrilateral formation that includes Japan, India, the United States and Australia.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What was the discussion focused on?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The discussions focused on <\/span><b>cooperation based on their converging vision<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and values for promotion of peace, stability and prosperity in an increasingly inter-connected region that they share with each other and with other partners.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A free, open, prosperous and inclusive Indo-Pacific region serves the long-term interests of all countries in the region and of the world at large is proposed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India\u2019s statement sought to connect the clandestine links between North Korea and Pakistan in the development of their nuclear programmes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The officials also exchanged views on addressing common challenges of terrorism and proliferation linkages impacting the region as well as on enhancing connectivity.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Key issues of common interest<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">key issues of common interest in the \u201cIndo-Pacific region\u201d were discussed, with an eye on China and the aim reaching a common ground on a \u201cfree and open\u201d Indo-Pacific<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The boiling regional tension with China and Beijing\u2019s assertiveness over the South China Sea issue, a statement from the Australian Foreign Ministry informed that freedom of navigation figured at the \u2018Quad.\u2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, part of the discussions were proliferation threats, \u201cincluding North Korea\u2019s nuclear and missile issues, against which maximized pressure needs to be applied, ensuring freedom of navigation and maritime security in the Indo-Pacific, and countering terrorism and other issues.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The officials examined ways to achieve common goals and address shared challenges in the region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This includes upholding the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific and respect for international law, freedom of navigation and overflight; increase connectivity; coordinate on efforts to address the challenges of countering terrorism and upholding maritime security in the Indo-Pacific.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is ASEAN?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> comprises of Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India\u2019s relationship with ASEAN is an outcome of the significant changes in the world\u2019s political and economic scenario since the early 1990s.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Look East Policy<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2018Look East Policy\u2019 is India\u2019s research for economic space.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Look East Policy has today turned into a dynamic and action oriented \u2018Act East Policy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PM at the 12th ASEAN India Summit and the 9th East Asia Summit held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, in November, 2014, formally enunciated the Act East Policy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India\u2019s relationship with ASEAN is a key pillar of our foreign policy and the foundation of our Act East Policy.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>The Quad pivot<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Japan-proposed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>U.S.-endorsed plan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>including Australia,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it is necessary that India analyze the impact of this admission on all its relations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a growing economy with <\/span><b>ambitious domestic targets<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, India\u2019s <\/span><b>own needs often clash<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with those of its neighbours.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More connectivity will eventually mean <\/span><b>more competition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whether it is for trade, water resources, or energy.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is the significance of the meet?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The meet comes after Japan publicly proposed the quadrilateral with India, US and Australia and then Canberra indicated its willingness to be a part of the political-security dialogue among the four democracies<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The meet aims to counter China\u2019s aggressive maritime expansion under its Belt and Road Initiative.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><i>Some ways to deepen and try to inculcate some of the values \u2014<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freedom of navigation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maritime security<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Humanitarian assistance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disaster response<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transparency<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>The policy of non-interference<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The original policy of non-interference in the internal affairs of member states was noteworthy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China and India\u2019s emergence as major economic powers has lent greater urgency to trade liberalization.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It then in 2007 led to adopting a legal charter with a mandate to establish free movement of goods, services, capital and skilled personnel by ASEAN.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the 2015 launch of the ASEAN Economic Community, the bloc is on the threshold of realizing its ambition of emerging as an integrated single market and to engage the rest of the world with a unified voice.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with US President Donald Trump, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during the East Asia summit.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is the East Asia Summit?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first summit was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 14 December 2005.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The East Asia Summit (EAS) is a forum held annually by leaders of, initially, 16 countries in the East Asian, Southeast Asian and South Asian regions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Membership expanded to 18 countries including the United States and Russia at the Sixth EAS in 2011.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EAS meetings are held after annual ASEAN leaders\u2019 meetings.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nagivation rights figure in first Quadrilateral talks \u00a0&amp; . 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