Economically Independent Afghanistan could make Region Stable- Dr. Ashfaq Hasan
Tabliban’s behavior is positive while DAESH is a challenge-Ambassador Shahid Amin
New face of Taliban is coming into lime light- Dr. Muhammad Ali Shaikh
Taliban have groomed themselves politically and diplomatically- Azim M.MIan
Pakistan has become a player-World has become multipolar Unipolar comes to anend
USA has lost its primacy over the world- Daesh Is an American tool Nusrat Mirza
Quad the now military Alliance of USA, Japan, Australia and India designed to check China has turned a threat to China main land and belt and Road Initiative. It has become functional and expanding as efforts are being made by USA that EU and NATO countries in addition to some more Asian countries join this alliance. The purpose is to confront or undermine China’s rise. Now China has named it “INDO-Pacific NATO” to start new cold war. If we monitor the Quad’s development it may be turned to be NATO plus.
It seems that Quad will be most difficult challenge to the Chinese rise in the years to come. Quad’s idea was initiated in 2004 Tsunami by the Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe when USA, Australia and India worked together on disaster response. In 2017, Abe invited USA, Australia and India in Manila to make a formal alliance. Then in October 2020 foreign Ministers of these countries met in Tokyo.
Though it remained in consideration of these countries but it took formal shape in March 2021 with Joe Biden took it seriously finding Australia and India’s desperation of Ladakh defeat and Chinese sanction on Australia. Now, these countries may drill in Strait of Taiwan to show their united military might in near future. It is now called “United States’ Pacific Deterrence” together with Quad Coordination and UK. What USA has done it has been expressed in Foreign Affairs by Kevin Rudd on August 6, 2021.
Distributed network of land-based anti-ship missiles and other precision-strike capabilities stationed in allied countries in the region could hinder Beijing’s ability to threaten Taiwan with an invasion, a blockade, or land-based missiles.
- Another important development is that the Quad will move toward an intelligence-sharing arrangement with the Five Eyes intelligence partnership, which would allow for sensitive information on Chinese strategy and behavior.
- But the worst-case scenario from Beijing’s perspective is that the Quad could serve as the foundation of a broader global anti-Chinese coalition. If the Quad were to draw other Asian countries, the EU, and NATO into efforts to confront or undermine China’s international ambitions, it could over time swing the collective balance of power definitively against China.
The Quad could also lay the groundwork for a broader allied economic, customs, and standards union, which Could reshape everything from global infrastructure funding to supply chains to technology standards. The Biden White House’s senior Asia official, Kurt Campbell, has already spoken of the need to provide a “positive economic vision” for the Indo-Pak. Quad the now military Alliance of USA, Japan, Australia and India designed to check China has turned a threat to China main land and belt and Road Initiative. It has become functional and expanding as efforts are being made by USA that EU and NATO countries in addition to some more Asian countries join this alliance. The purpose is to confront or undermine China’s rise. Now China has named it “INDO-Pacific NATO” to start new cold war. If we monitor the Quad’s development it may be turned to be NATO plus.
It seems that Quad will be most difficult challenge to the Chinese rise in the years to come. Quad’s idea was initiated in 2004 Tsunami by the Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe when USA, Australia and India worked together on disaster response. In 2017, Abe invited USA, Australia and India in Manila to make a formal alliance. Then in October 2020 foreign Ministers of these countries met in Tokyo.
Though it remained in consideration of these countries but it took formal shape in March 2021 with Joe Biden took it seriously finding Australia and India’s desperation of Ladakh defeat and Chinese sanction on Australia. Now, these countries may drill in Strait of Taiwan to show their united military might in near future. It is now called “United States’ Pacific Deterrence” together with Quad Coordination and UK. What USA has done it has been expressed in Foreign Affairs by Kevin Rudd on August 6, 2021.
- Distributed network of land-based anti-ship missiles and other precision-strike capabilities stationed in allied countries in the region could hinder Beijing’s ability to threaten Taiwan with an invasion, a blockade, or land-based missiles.
- Another important development is that the Quad will move toward an intelligence-sharing arrangement with the Five Eyes intelligence partnership, which would allow for sensitive information on Chinese strategy and behavior.
