West Asian Quad
About:
- Like the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, the group is known as the “New Quad” or the “Middle-Eastern Quad” (QSD).
- It includes India, Israel, the USA, and UAE as members.
Goals and Areas of focus the new Quad’s focus:
- The organization is meant to serve as an “international economic forum” that will aim to strengthen the relations between the four nations on an economic and political level.
Significance:
- According to experts, the new body will facilitate more coordination between the nations interested in maintaining Middle Eastern stability.
Comparing the New QUAD with the Previous Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD):
- A strategic conversation involving the United States, India, Japan, and Australia is known as the QSD, or “Quad.”
- The conversation was launched in 2007 in reaction to rising Chinese assertiveness in the South China Sea, and it was supported by the Malabar Exercise, one of the biggest combined military drills of the modern period.
- Australia had left the discussion, but it was revived in 2017 after its own economic links to China developed over the previous ten years.
What will the New QUAD prioritize?
- Improving trade relations, regional maritime security cooperation, cooperative discussions for global public health, and joint infrastructure projects centered on transportation and technology are some of the topics that the countries brought up during their conversations.
Benefits for India from the new Quad:
- Beyond trade, India, the UAE, and Israel have the opportunity to work together on a variety of projects, from semiconductor design and manufacturing to space technologies.
- With the new collaboration, India can take use of opportunities like big data, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, exporting its goods to their market, and more.
- The organization will aid in the promotion of public goods and focus on non-military matters including trade, energy, and the environment.
- India will be assisted by the platform in its pursuit of numerous multilateral alliances in the area. The alliance will assist India in defining its role in reshaping the geopolitics of this region given the interest that big powers like France, Russia, and China have shown in this area.
The group’s importance and need for India:
- A new network of collaboration can be established using the “unique collection of capabilities, knowledge, and experience” that the four nations have.
- The nations acknowledged the fact that their interests frequently coincide. especially in trade, regional security, energy, and climate.
- Therefore, the new Quad format will aid in these nations’ further development in these fields.
