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The Quad

The Australia, India, Japan and United States Quadrilateral security partnership was revitalised as tensions grew in the Indo-Pacific. Spanning everything from maritime domain awareness to climate change, these four countries are strengthening ties as they seek to take a whole-of-region approach to addressing challenges in the region.

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Experts on The Quad

Sophie Mayo

Sophie Mayo

Non-Resident Fellow, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited States Studies Centre

Professor Peter Dean

Director, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited State Studies Centre

Hayley Channer, the Director of the Economic Security Program with the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.

Hayley Channer

Director, Economic SecurityUnited States Studies Centre

Esther Soulard, a Research Associate with the Foreign Policy and Defence Program at the United States Studies Centre

Esther Soulard

Research Associate, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited States Studies Centre

Dr Michael Jonathan Green, chief executive officer at the United States Studies Centre

Dr Michael J. Green

Chief Executive OfficerUnited States Studies Centre

Dr Lavina Lee

Non-Resident Senior FellowUnited States Studies Centre

Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida at the Quad Leaders’ Summit in 2024.

Allies and partners

The tireless persistence of the Quad

Commentary byJared Mondschein

Flags of the Quad nations

Public forum

The future of the Quad

9 December 2024

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USSC Briefing Room | What the new Congress means for the Indo-Pacific

3 December 2024

Podcast byJared Mondschein, Tom Corben, Alice Nason

US President Joe Biden, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Quadrilateral Summit at the Archmere Academy in Wilmington, Delaware, September 2024.

Operationalising the Quad: Maritime security and climate change in the Indo-Pacific

23 October 2024

Brief byKate Clayton

Quadrilateral Leaders Summit group photo

India’s ‘weak link’ approach is strengthening the Quad

25 September 2024

Commentary byRiya Sinha

USSC Briefing Room | Tech and the alliance

4 September 2024

Podcast byJennifer Jackett, Mari Koeck

A sea cadet of the Indian Navy stands beside the country’s national flag during Navy Day celebrations at the Gateway of India in Mumbai, December 2023

Allies and partners

India and collective defence in the Indo-Pacific: Possibilities, prospects and challenges

12 June 2024

Report byDr Prakash Gopal

Allies and partners

USSC Briefing Room | What the 2024 election means for America’s Asian alliances

5 June 2024

Podcast byDr Michael J. Green, Mari Koeck

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Red book | Blue book 2024: A guide to the next US administration

29 May 2024

Report byTom Barrett, Lachlan Carey, Hayley Channer, Tom Corben, Professor Peter Dean, Samuel Garrett, Dr Michael J. Green, Dr Gorana Grgic, Ava Kalinauskas, Dr John Kunkel, Sophie Mayo, Jared Mondschein, Lester Munson, Alice Nason, Bruce Wolpe

Delivering the Quad’s tech agenda

8 March 2024

Commentary byJennifer Jackett

Allies and partners

Multipolarity in the Indo-Pacific: Lessons for Australia from the past and present

29 February 2024

Report byDr Michael J. Green

USSC Briefing Room | Four Quad think tank experts walk into the briefing room…

28 February 2024

Quad summit in doubt for second year running

2 January 2024

In the news byDr Michael J. Green