IR - Quadrilateral
Quadrilateral
Way Forward
Neighborhood policy should not take backseat
Asia-Africa corridor with Japan
Counter to BRI
Challenges
India dragging itself between china and USA
India would be unable to object japan/us presence in srilanka
Erodes India's primacy in the neighborhood
Involving Britain and France
Greater the partners harder is achieve consensus
to hedge against unreliable US
Proposed by japan
For India
India-afghan leverage
deepen partnership
Indo-pacific gaining currency
Imp
Japan & USA --> finance south asia infra
DPRK and missile
Uphold international rules
Common problems of terrorism and proliferation
Key facts
Quadrilateral security dialogue --> initiated in 2007 by Shinzo Abe
India+Japan+Australia+USA
Need
China's aggression @ land borders
Freedom or trade and navigation --> south & east china sea
Chinese assertiveness in South China Sea