Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (The Quad)

Initiated in 2007, the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue – typically abbreviated to "the Quad" – is a strategic security dialogue between Australia, India, Japan, and the United States, accompanied by military exercises. Beijing, viewing the creation of the Quad as a diplomatic move to contain it, has referred to the dialogue as an "Asian Nato". The Quad ceased in 2010, following the departure of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, but it was revived in 2017. The revival was explicitly made to counter China's prominence in the "Indo-Pacific" region, and particularly in the South China Sea, leading to fears of a new cold war.