What the return of quadrilateral says about India and emerging Asian geopolitics | The Indian Express

What the return of quadrilateral says about India and emerging Asian geopolitics | The Indian Express

What the return of quadrilateral says about India and emerging Asian geopolitics

The concept of quadrilateral cooperation among India, Japan, Australia and US is inextricably linked to China’s emergence as a great power, whose unilateralism drives Asian nations to band together

Written by C. Raja Mohan | Updated: October 30, 2017 10:30 am

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (seen in Tokyo last week) proposed the idea of Asian democracies joining forces in 2006. The initial push did not last beyond 2008, but Japan revived the concept last week, and India responded. Reuters