The Quadrilateral or Quad, an international grouping of India, Australia, Japan and the US that was in limbo for 10 years, recently met ahead of the East Asia Summit in Manila to address common issues arising in the Indo–Pacific. Muraleedharan Nair (Senior Fellow, CPPR), in his editorial column in ‘Mathrubhumi’, reasons why the Quad is the need of the hour vis-à-vis growing Chinese assertiveness in the Southeast Asian region .
Muraleedharan Nair is Senior Fellows at CPPR. He has held various positions in the Government, in India and abroad. Besides publishing research papers in various books and journals, he writes commentaries in newspapers and magazines regularly. He also participates in conferences, seminars and panel discussions on strategic affairs at different universities, think-tanks, TV channels, All India Radio, etc. A Distinguished Senior Fellow with Defence Research and Studies, he speaks Urdu and Chinese. He can be contacted at [email protected]