What is Quad?

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Asked: October 23, 20212021-10-23T23:06:57+05:30 2021-10-23T23:06:57+05:30In: GENERAL

[Deleted User] · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-24T12:12:23+05:30

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In a signal development, the first QUAD (Quadrilateral Cooperation) summit was held virtually between India, the US, Japan, and Australia.

The Quad, or Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, comprises the United States, India, Japan, and Australia.
It is an informal group of the four nations that hold semi-regular meetings, joint military drills, and discussions about regional, economic and development assistance.
The framework was established in 2007, but it took on a new level of importance in 2019 with a discussion among foreign ministers amid China’s increasing influence.

The Spirit of the Quad: A joint statement, titled ‘The Spirit of the Quad’ was presented after the summit.
The cooperation decided to pool its financial resources, manufacturing capabilities and logistics to ramp up the manufacturing and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in the Indo-Pacific region
Expanding vaccine diplomacy: The leaders finalized a landmark initiative under which huge investments will be made in India to create additional production capacities to roll out a billion coronavirus vaccine doses by 2022 for exports to the Indo-Pacific region.
Free Indo-Pacific: The Quad leaders vowed to strive for an Indo-Pacific region that is free, open, inclusive, healthy, anchored by democratic values, and unconstrained by coercion, sending an apparent message to China.
Working groups: Three working groups in areas of vaccine, climate crisis, and critical and emerging technology would also be created.

SAGAR: To o promote its strategic interests in the Indian Ocean, India launched the SAGAR
vision in 2015.
Indian Pacific Ocean Initiative: On 4 November 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the IPOI at the East Asia Summit in Bangkok.
- The main objective of the IPOI is to ensure the safety, security, and stability of the maritime domain, and to do that, seven pillars have been laid out.
- IPOI is being built on the pillars of India’s ‘Act East’ policy (focusing on the Eastern Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific) and ‘Act West’ (focusing on the Western Indian Ocean).
India’s theatre command: The Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC), India’s first and only tri-service theater command of the Indian Armed Forces is located in IPR which aids immensely in protecting India’s strategic interest in the region.