{"id":29885,"date":"2024-09-23T19:09:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T13:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=29885"},"modified":"2024-09-23T19:09:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T13:39:03","slug":"2024-quad-leaders-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/23-09-2024\/2024-quad-leaders-summit","title":{"rendered":"2024 Quad Leaders\u2019 Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/ International relations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Leaders of the Quad group of countries met at their sixth summit-level meeting at Archmere Academy, Delaware, to announce a broad range of outcomes.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is an<strong> informal multilateral grouping<\/strong> of <strong>India, the U.S., Australia, and Japan <\/strong>aimed at cooperation for a free and open Indo-Pacific region.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Origin: <\/strong>The Quad began as a loose partnership after the <strong>2004 Indian Ocean tsunami<\/strong> when the four countries joined together to provide humanitarian and disaster assistance to the affected region.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It was formalized by former Japanese Prime Minister <strong>Shinzo Abe in 2007<\/strong>, but then fell dormant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After a decade it was <strong>resurrected in 2017,<\/strong> reflecting changing attitudes in the region toward China&#8217;s growing influence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>key Initiatives of QUAD 2024<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Quad Cancer Moonshot,<\/strong> a groundbreaking partnership to save lives in the Indo-Pacific region.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Under this, India will provide <strong>$7.5 million <\/strong>worth of HPV sampling kits, detection kits and cervical cancer vaccines to countries in the Indo-Pacific.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A commitment from the Serum Institute of India, in partnership with Gavi and the Quad, to support orders of up to <strong>40 million HPV vaccine doses<\/strong> for the Indo-Pacific region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Coast Guard Cooperation:<\/strong> The First-ever<strong> \u201cQuad-at-Sea Ship Observer Mission\u201d<\/strong> in <strong>2025<\/strong> to improve interoperability and advance maritime safety between our Coast Guards across the Indo-Pacific.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Quad Indo-Pacific Logistics Network pilot project<\/strong>, in order to support civilian response to natural disasters more rapidly and efficiently across the Indo-Pacific region.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The \u201cQuad Ports of the Future Partnership\u201d<\/strong> will harness the Quad\u2019s collective expertise to support sustainable and resilient port infrastructure development across the Indo-Pacific.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The \u201cSemiconductor Supply Chains Contingency Network Memorandum of Cooperation\u201d<\/strong> to enhance Quad resilience in semiconductor supply chains.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reform at the UN Security Council:<\/strong> The Leaders recognised the urgent need to make it more representative, inclusive, and democratic through expansion in permanent and non-permanent categories of membership<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Quad Principles for Development and Deployment of Digital Public Infrastructure<\/strong> were welcomed for the region and beyond.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>Maritime Initiative for Training in the Indo-Pacific\u201d (MAITRI)<\/strong> to enable regional partners to monitor and secure their waters, enforce their laws, and deter unlawful behavior.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India will host the first MAITRI workshop in <strong>2025.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Strategic Significance of Quad<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Act East policy:<\/strong> India\u2019s participation in the Quad emphasizing deeper engagement with East Asian nations and strengthening maritime security cooperation.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Military cooperation:<\/strong> It provides a platform for military cooperation, intelligence sharing, and joint exercises aimed at maintaining maritime security and ensuring the rule of law.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Counterbalancing China\u2019s Influence:<\/strong> QUAD is crucial for India\u2019s interests in safeguarding its maritime trade routes and ensuring freedom of navigation in international waters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>India has supported a<strong> rule-based multipolar world<\/strong> and QUAD can help it in achieving its ambition of becoming a regional superpower.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Important outcomes of 2023 QUAD summits<\/strong><br>&#8211; <strong>Quad Health Security Partnership: <\/strong>It was announced in 2023 to strengthen<strong> <\/strong>coordination and collaboration in support of health security in the Indo-Pacific.<br>&#8211; <strong>Open Radio Access Network (RAN) and 5G: <\/strong>In 2023, Quad partners announced the first-ever Open RAN deployment in the Pacific, to support a secure, resilient, and interconnected telecommunications ecosystem.\u00a0<br>&#8211; <strong>The Quad Investors Network (QUIN)<\/strong> a nonprofit initiative launched at the 2023 Quad Leaders\u2019 Summit aims to accelerate investments in critical and emerging technologies across the Indo-Pacific region.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-global\/quad-china-modi-biden-us-visit-9581744\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>IE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leaders of the Quad group of countries met at their sixth summit-level meeting at Archmere Academy, Delaware, to announce a broad range of 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