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Australian PM Arrives in New York for Quad Leader Meetings

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has touched down in New York as he prepares for a series of high-profile visits, including with U.S. President Joe Biden and fellow leaders of Quad nations’ India and Japan. The meeting comes amid the backdrop of last week’s AUKUS announcement which saw the U.S. and UK governments commit to…


The New AUKUS Alliance Puts Meat on the Military Challenge to Beijing

Commentary Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States on Sept. 16 took a major step toward creating a meaningful new strategic alliance—AUKUS—to constrain adventurism by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and to project Western power in the Indo-Pacific. The deal was developed quickly and in secret (even from senior Australian cabinet ministers, who were…


Quad Military Exercise Presents Alternative Vision to CCP Ideology

Naval forces from Australia, India, Japan, and the United States participated in Malabar 2021 during the last week of August, giving the nations’ forces a chance to further develop cohesion in planning, training, and the employment of advanced warfare techniques. Malabar is an annual military exercise that began as a joint initiative between the United…


Bangladesh Cuts Cost of China-Funded BRI Railway Projects; Beijing Withdraws Funding

China has withdrawn its BRI (Belt and Road Initiative) funding for railway projects in Bangladesh, after the recipient country proposed significant cuts in costs. This happened amidst increasing tension between the two countries. According to media reports, the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina found that Chinese companies were charging three times the normal price…


Quad Nations Plan to Include New Members Despite Outrage From Beijing

With the rising threat from communist China in the Indo-Pacific region, the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue between the United States, Japan, India, and Australia has become increasingly important. Cooperation among its members has gone beyond economy, military, and supply chains. And the United States and Japan are also winning over more countries to join the Quad or…


Bangladesh Hits Back at China’s Threat Against Joining US-led QUAD

On May 10, the Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh warned against Bangladesh’s possible participation in the US-led Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD), threatening that it would cause “substantial damage” to the bilateral relations; the Bangladeshi foreign minister responded by sharply rejecting Beijing’s interference with Bangladesh’s affairs. The QUAD is a four-nation Indo-Pacific summit led by the United…


Bangladesh Rebuffs China’s Threat Against Joining US-Led Quad

Bangladesh’s foreign minister on May 11 rejected remarks by the Chinese ambassador warning the South Asian nation not to participate in the U.S.-led Quadrilateral Security Dialogue because it would damage bilateral relations. The Quad is a four-nation Indo-Pacific alliance led by the United States, along with India, Japan, and Australia. Beijing considers the Quad a “small…


QUAD Nations Should Work Out ‘Finer Nuances’ for Coordinating Rare Earth Supply Chain: Noted Scientist

BANGALORE—The Quad countries—the United States, India, Japan, and Australia—recently sought to address their dependence on supply chains for critical technologies that China dominates. The QUAD met virtually for its first leadership summit  on March 12 and decided to convene a coordination group for critical technologies that essentially include artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, quantum, robotics, and…


Japan’s Global Diplomatic Efforts Scare the CCP

Commentary Sun Zi, an ancient Chinese military strategist, says in his “The Art of War.” as quoted from Lionel Giles’ English translation: “The highest form of generalship is to balk the enemy’s plans; the next best is to prevent the junction of the enemy’s forces,” stressing on the importance of diplomatic efforts. Japan has very…


Global Military Cooperation Growing Against CCP’s Aggression

The current international situation is somewhat similar to how it was before the Second World War in that there’s tension and conflict over the ownership of islands in the Indo-Pacific around China. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched into 2021 with a new round of wolf warrior diplomacy. At the same time, the PLA military…