OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES
The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD, also known as the Quad) is a strategic dialogue between the United States, Japan, Australia and India that is maintained by talks between member countries.The main challenge ahead of the QUAD is not procedural nor bureaucratic, but to continue to lead with innovative thinking and practical responses to some of the most pressing development challenges of our time. No other grouping has set such an ambitious goal for itself. Building a collective strategy and identifying priority processes to implement it can ensure that QUAD cooperation deepens and becomes self-reinforcing.In a 2021 joint statement, “The Spirit of the Quad,” Quad members described “a shared vision for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific,” and a “rules-based maritime order in the East and South China Seas,” which Quad members state are needed to counter Chinese maritime claims. The Quad pledged to respond to COVID-19,[8] and held a first Quad Plus meeting that included representatives from New Zealand, South Korea and Vietnam to work on its response to it.[8][9][10] Widely viewed as intending to curb “China’s growing power,” the Quad’s joint statement drew criticism from China’s foreign ministry, which said the Quad “openly incites discord” among regional powers in Asia