Quad
proper nounproper nounattested in dialogue
An informal strategic forum between the United States, Japan, Australia, and India, focused on Asian security matters.
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informalAn informal strategic forum between the United States, Japan, Australia, and India, focused on Asian security matters.
China has seen it as a threat to its dominance in the region, saying the Quad is a U.S. attempt to create an Asian version of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization directly aimed at counterbalancing its interests.
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A grouping of the United States, Japan, Australia, and India.
But coordination in shifts in rates by global groupings like the Group of 7, the Indo-Pacific “Quad” and perhaps the Shangri-La Dialogue in Asia would send a powerful message.
Etymology
Short for Quadrilateral Security Dialogue.
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historicalA coalition committee that resolved party disputes during the Cameron–Clegg coalition.
Quad · An informal strategic forum between the United States, Japan, Australia, and India, focused on Asian security matters.
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