Indo-Pacific Quadrilateral is a closed group consisting of India, Australia, Japan & USA.
Japan pioneered the initiative about a decade ago as a coalition of maritime democracies.
Securing a rules-based global order, liberal trading system and freedom of navigation are believed to the guiding principles.
It aims to contain a rising China and its “predatory” economic and trade policies.
The purpose is also to provide alternative debt financing for countries in the Indo-Pacific region.
Report on stability was recently launched by four think tanks from the Quad countries at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF).
The report was published by Quadripartite Commission on Indian Ocean Regional Security, which put out a series of 20 policy recommendations for stability in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
It recommended that the four countries should work to oppose the establishment of permanent Chinese military bases in the IOR.
