Ambuj Sahu - Volume VII, Issue 30

DPG is deeply committed to the growth of India’s national power and purpose, the security and prosperity of the people of India and India’s contributions to the global public good. [...] The Evolving Global Order With the Russia-Ukraine conflict at the centre of global attention, the reality that the Indo-Pacific has become the mainstay of global geopolitical competition and geo-economic power has receded from the limelight. [...] The Third Quad Leaders’ Summit The Joint Statement of the summit reaffirmed the intention of the Leaders to project the Quad as a force for global good through “a positive and practical agenda”,11 and their commitment “to deliver on this promise”.12While the Leaders took stock of the progress made by working groups on vaccine partnership, climate action, emerging technologies, infrastructure, spac. [...] After the Tokyo Summit, the CPC mouthpiece accused the Quad of “playing insidious tricks”18, i.e., the US has “sugar-coated”19 the Quad mechanism’s initiatives to make it acceptable for regional countries, while the sole purpose remains to target China. [...] As the Quad comprises the four leading maritime democracies in the Indo- Pacific, it has the potential to be the leading instrument of influence and dissuasion against China’s unilateralism and coercion.