Quad Plus and Indo-Pacific: The Changing Profile of International Relations [Paperback]

This book explores how the Quad Plus mechanism is set to reshape the global multilateral economic and security co-operations between Quad partner countries and the rest of the world.

With the Quad partners  Australia, India, Japan and the United States  seeing deteriorating ties with China, the book provides a holistic understanding of the reasons why Quad Plus matters and what it means for the post-COVID Indo-Pacific and Asian order. It goes beyond the existing literature of the global Post-COVID reality and examines how Quad Plus can grow and find synergy with national and multilateral Indo-Pacific initiatives. The chapters analyze the mechanisms uncharacteristic yet active approach of including countries like South Korea, Israel, Brazil, New Zealand and ASEAN/Vietnam for their successful handling of the pandemic crisis, thereby reshaping the new worlds geopolitical vision.

A unique study focused solely on the intricacies and the broader dialogue of the Quad Plus narrative, the book caters to strategic audiences as well as academics researching International Relations, Politics, and Indo-Pacific and Asian Studies.

Introduction

Quad Plus- Shaping Relationships in the Indo-Pacific

1. Chinas Views of the Quad and Quad Plus Arrangements 2. Competition and Coalitions: The United States, Quad Plus and the Chinese Challenge in the Indo-Pacific 3. The Quad Plus and Indias Pointed Alignment Strategy 4. Nurturing the Quad Plus Formula: Institutional Perspective of Japans FOIP 5. Australia, New Zealand and the Quad Plus