Transcending security dialogue, Quad has transformed into multifaceted partnership with broad goals. It established six working groups (WGs) for diverse policies/initiatives since 2017 regrouping.
Various policies/initiatives under Quad
- Health: Established Quad Vaccine Partnership and it evolved into a broader Quad Health Security Partnership in 2023.
- Other initiatives: e-health systems expansion, Quad Pandemic Preparedness Exercise.
- Climate: Launched the Quad Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Package (Q-CHAMP) in 2022.
- In 2023 Principles on Clean Energy Supply Chains in the Indo-Pacific were released.
- Critical and Emerging Technology: Semiconductor Supply Chain Initiative, 2021 to diversify technology supply chains.
- Space: In 2022, it launched the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness (IPMDA).
Quad countries are home to a combined 24% of the world’s population and represent 35% of the world’s GDP and 18% of global trade. |
- Infrastructure: Launched the Trilateral Partnership for Infrastructure Investment in the Indo-Pacific (TIP), in 2018.
- Cybersecurity: In 2022, established the Quad Cybersecurity Partnership.
About Quad
- The Quad, initially known as the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, is a strategic diplomatic partnership composed of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States.
- It’s neither a military alliance nor a mutual defense agreement.
- Origin: In 2007, the group held its inaugural, but informal first meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF).