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This two-volume set provides a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) and its growing importance in the Indo-Pacific's strategic landscape. Tracing China's shifting perceptions, from dismissing the Quad as "ocean froth" to portraying it as an "Asian NATO," the work examines the grouping's transformation into a central actor in regional security discourse.
Volume 1 brings together leading scholars to examine the Quad's trajectory across historical, political, economic, and security dimensions. Contributions explore India-Australia cooperation in non-traditional security, India-Japan maritime diplomacy, and the conceptualization of Quad 2.0 as a heterarchical security complex. The volume examines critical minerals, cybersecurity, supply chain resilience, and Quad's external engagements with Italy, France, the UK, and ASEAN.
A distinctive feature of the volume is its dual focus: first, on the deepening cooperation among Quad members, Australia, India, Japan, and the United States, across diverse domains; and second, on China's evolving responses, which have shifted from indifference to open opposition. Through discourse analysis of Chinese strategic rhetoric, the study highlights the underlying contestation shaping Indo-Pacific geopolitics. These volumes fill a major gap in the literature and offer a forward-looking assessment of the Quad's institutionalization and limitations. They are an essential resource for scholars, policymakers, and students studying multilateral security cooperation and great-power competition in the Indo-Pacific.
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Italy and the Quad: Functional Cooperation and Latent Opportunities.- Chapter 3: Vietnam's Participation in QUAD Plus: Strategic Motivations and Impacts on the Security Architecture of the South China Sea.- Chapter 4: Beyond Bilateral: India, France and the Multilateral Security Architecture of the Indo-Pacific.- Chapter 5: Analysing India-Japan Relations: The Emergence of the Quad and Maritime Diplomacy.- Chapter 6: Cooperating for Comprehensive Security in Indo Pacific: India and Australia in Quad.- Chapter 7: Analysing the role of QUAD 2.0 as a Heterarchical Regional Security Complex in Countering the Rise of China.- Chapter 8: Role of External Actors in the Indo-Pacific: Case of Cross-Strait Relations.- Chapter 9: Critical Minerals and the Quad: Navigating the Trump- Xi Truce.- Chapter 10: Quad Plus 3: A Blueprint for an Expanded Indo-Pacific Security Architecture.- Chapter 11: Future Engagement between the QUAD and ASEAN: Domestic Politics Constrain Inter-Group Regional Engagement.- Chapter 12: Quad lite or Anglosphere plus? Making sense of UK engagements with the Quad 'network' in the Indo-Pacific.- Chapter 13: Harmony or Hegemony? The Quad Through the Lens of Chinese Strategic Culture.- Chapter 14: Navigating Strategic Realities: Chinese Perspectives on the QUAD Alliance.- Chapter 15: Is QUAD the NATO of Asia? The Myth versus the Reality.- Chapter 16: Conclusion.
