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QUAD; creating an atmosphere of pessimism against China

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QUAD; creating an atmosphere of pessimism against China

BY: William Holmes PEJOURNAL - Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's legacy as the founder of the QUAD in 2007 was supposed to bring "freedom and prosperity" to the Asia-Pacific area, which ran into problems; and the group was able to meet only once in 2007 and ended its work with a military exercise. With the withdrawal of Australia from the group, which was done due to the improvement of its relations with Beijing, the group's activities were interrupted for more than a decade. In 2012, Japan promoted the group's idea as a "QUAD of democratic security" and thus challenged…

Strategic Approaches of Powers in Indo-Pacific

PEJOURNAL - An expert on Security and Geopolitics, explaining the strategic approaches of powers in Indo-Pacific, stated: The Quad agreement with the withdrawal of Australia was suspended until 2010, but in the negotiations of the leaders of the four member states in the 2017 ASEAN meeting in Manila it was revived for military and diplomatic confrontation with China in the South China Sea. She added: Although in the statement of the recent virtual meeting, presidents of the four countries emphasized cooperation of the countries in establishing order in the East and South China Seas, as well as cooperation in controlling…

The Quad; A Complement or Replacement for ASEAN?

BY: Gabriel Joel P. Honrada* PEJOURNAL - There are two emerging guarantors of the multilateral rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific. First is the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) between the US, Australia, Japan, and India. Second is the Association of Southeast Asian States (ASEAN). Both organisations attempt to uphold the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific, albeit via different means. The Quad provides a tangible enforcing presence and backs up the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific with the threat of military force. In comparison, ASEAN takes a softer approach of interaction, socialisation, and integration to preserve the same. In view of China’s…