quadrilateral security dialogue , QUAD (Abkürzung)

Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, a former multilateral dialogue platform (2007-08)

Abe initiated the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue between Japan, the United States, Australia and India in 2007.

The issue of Australia joining the quadrilateral security dialogue was believed to be discussed at the highest level during Modi's Canberra visit on 17 November 2014.

Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, a strategic alliance of the United States, Japan, Australia and India within Asia.

It has been a driving force in what's called the quadrilateral security dialogue between India, Australia, Japan and America, a diplomatic grouping viewed warily by Beijing.

US-Japan-Australia-India: In May 2007, the four nations signed a strategic military partnership agreement - the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue.

The development of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue took place in the context of Chinese military modernization, geared towards contingency in Taiwan Strait but also towards "force projection capabilities."

The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD) was an informal strategic dialogue between the United States, Japan, Australia and India that was maintained by talks between member countries.

Howard wanted to expand Australia-India relations, and supported moves for India to be included in a Quadrilateral Security Dialogue involving India, Australia, Japan and the United States.

In early 2007, Prime Minister Abe proposed the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or "Quadrilateral Initiative", under which India would join a formal multilateral dialogue with Japan, the United States and Australia.

According to the American think tank, CNAS, the United States pursued a Quadrilateral Security Dialogue in an effort to adapt to an increasingly economically powerful China in the Asia-Pacific, where great power rivalry, massive military investment, social inequality, and contemporary territorial disputes have all made war in Asia "plausible."