INDIA’S STRATEGIC BALANCING ACT TO COUNTER CHINESE GROWING INFLUENCE

The Quad opens Indian opportunities in the field of information sharing, defence ties, and it has the potential to boost its pharmaceutical prowess in the post-pandemic world.

However, the Quad getting reduced to an anti-China grouping has some inherent dangers for India as it triggers the possibility of reactivating tensions with China on different fronts, and it will undermine India’s involvement in other organisations like BRICS and SCO where both India and China are important members. India’s involvement in the Quad could also risk alienating two important Indian allies, Iran, and Myanmar being targets of other three members.

Kapil Sibal And His Initiative To Save Democratic Institutions

The joint communique of Quad Foreign Ministers Meet, in Delhi early this month clearly remains guided by Pacific priorities of climate change, resilient infrastructure and maritime security. The quad members also reaffirmed consistent and unwavering support for ASEAN centrality and unity

The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue colloquially known as the QUAD came into being first when the four nations, the US, India, Japan, and Australia met for the first time in 2007 on the side-lines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Though the Quad came into being in 2007 but its revival can be attributed to the events in the period between 2012-2020 where each Quad member experienced Chinese aggression. China jeopardized security by refusing to respect internationally accepted maritime rules, challenging rules-based orders, claiming lands and islands, building artificial islands, and becoming a threat to peace in the Indo-Pacific. The Quad alliance had its roots in the fact that all four nations are democratic nations with common maritime interests for trade and commerce in the region. The alliance now holds regular meetings, semi-regular summits, information exchanges and military drills of all the member countries. The alliance also offer financial help to nations with debt in the IndoPacific region and are committed to their overall development.

Interests of the US. The Indo-Pacific spans two oceans and several continents, making it important to U.S. maritime interests. Almost 40 percent of Global trade is routed through here and has its origin or exit in the region. Recognising that peace and security in the maritime domain underpins the development and