On January 21st, a day after his inauguration, his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, hosted a Quad foreign ministers’ meeting in Washington. They issued an unusually brief joint statement that was squarely focused on security and,

The Trump @ 1.0 foreign policy that had perceived China as an adversary may see a revival with Indian Ocean being the region of focus rather than the Pacific region

While the maritime forces of the Quad nations are together exercising in the Indian Ocean as part of a multinational exercise, the foreign ministers

On his first full day as secretary of state, Marco Rubio is meeting with his counterparts from a group of countries known as the Quad: the United States plus India, Japan, and Australia, representing nearly 2 billion people and more than a third of global GDP.

Rubio called China the "most potent, dangerous adversary" during his confirmation and is expected to work with India, Japan, and Australia to counter this.

While Quad’s agenda was expanded significantly under Biden, the extent of Trump’s commitment to non-security issues in Quad remains to be seen

On his first full day as secretary of state, Marco Rubio is meeting with his counterparts from a group of countries known as the Quad: the United States plus India, Japan and Australia, representing nearly 2 billion people and more than a third of global GDP.

The Quad’s role as a strategic counter to a resurgent and belligerent China may increase or decrease depending on the unpredictable and transactional Trump, but the Quad nations have much to offer eac

As the Indian Navy prepares to launch TROPEX 2025 next month, it is evident that India’s maritime strategy is geared towards cementing its status as a resident power and a rising great power in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).

Notably, the pithy, two-paragraph joint statement issued from that meeting departed from previous Quad statements that paid at least nominal homage to Asean and other regional mechanisms such as the Pacific Islands Forum and Indian Ocean Rim Association.

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Paris visit next month, India-France relations are all set to get deeper

The first bilateral meeting of the Trump administration was with India after PM's special envoy Jaishankar was accorded top protocol at the Trump inaugural.