In A First, PM Modi, Biden, Morrison, Suga Write Joint Op-Ed On Quad
Quad: Australia, India, Japan and the United States - a group of democratic nations dedicated to delivering results through practical cooperation
Editorial Staff
In A First, PM Modi, Biden, Morrison, Suga Write Joint Op-Ed On Quad
In December 2004, the continental shelf off the coast of Indonesia shifted two meters, creating one of the largest tidal waves in modern history and a nearly unprecedented humanitarian crisis around the Indian Ocean. With millions displaced and hundreds of thousands killed, the Indo-Pacific region sounded a clarion call for help. Together, our four countries answered it. Australia, India, Japan and the United States - a group of democratic nations dedicated to delivering results through practical cooperation - coordinated rapid humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to people in need. Our cooperation, known as "the Quad," was born in crisis. It became a diplomatic dialogue in 2007 and was reborn in 2017. Now, in this new age of interconnection and opportunity throughout the Indo-Pacific, we are again summoned to act together in support of a region in need. Since the tsunami, climate change has grown more perilous, new technologies have revolutionized our daily lives, geopo…
