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The Diplomat (2 June 2023)

Blake Berger, Victoria Cooper, Lucas Myers, Shu Uchida, and Gaurav Saini

The grouping’s exact role in the Indo-Pacific is the subject of considerable debate. Here’s what scholars from all four countries could agree on.

On May 24, the Quad minilateral arrangement between Australia, India, Japan, and the United States was scheduled to hold a fourth leaders’ summit in Sydney, but the debt limit crisis in Washington forced a cancellation. Yet in a signal that the Quad may have finally found its footing, the leaders rapidly reorganized and met on the sidelines of the G-7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, on May 20. Although there are clear challenges to the Quad – not least domestic politics – the grouping held together and adapted to the circumstances.

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