Australia China English India Indo-Pacific International Organizations Security Partnerships

In the News

July 4, 2021

Manning in The National Interest: The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue is consolidating its power against China

By Atlantic Council

On July 4, Robert Manning and James Przystup published an article in The National Interest detailing the Biden administration’s new approach the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (also known as the Quad), which they say puts the institution at the forefront of its Indo-Pacific strategy.

“In a region of staid, ritualized, bureaucratically inert multilateral institutions, this shift to functional collective action is transformational. It is based on a simple principle: form follows function.”

More about our expert

Related Experts: Robert A. Manning