"Quad reflects growth of multipolar order, post-Cold War thinking": Jaishankar
Jaishankar on Saturday said the coming together of India, US, Australia and Japan as part of the Quad group serves to illustrate the growth of a multipolar order and advance a post-Cold War thinking against 'spheres of influence'.
«I believe it (Quad) has five messages. One, it reflects the growth of a multipolar order. Two, it is post-Alliance and post-Cold War thinking. Three, it is against spheres of influence. Four, It expresses the democratizing of the global space and a collaborative, not unilateral approach. And five, it is a statement that in this day and age, others cannot have a veto on our choices,» EAM Jaishankar said on the closing day of the Raisina Dialogue in the national capital on Saturday.
Jaishankar was addressing the 'Quad Think Tank Forum' session at the Raisina Dialogue. The session was primarily focused on the Quad, as well as a free and open Indo-Pacific
Highlighting the significance of Quad grouping in Indo-Pacific at the session, the EAM said, «Now, this in turn would elicit the question, why the Indo-Pacific? And the answer, I think, by now is very clear. The post-1945 division of what till then was perceived to be a cohesive threat resulted in our contemplating the Indian Ocean and the Pacific one as two separate entities. This separation was an outcome of American strategic priorities in 1945.»
Invoking the Quad's history and events, he said they strengthened the grouping of four nations to discuss multi-faceted issues.
«The origins of the Quad go back to the tsunami response. This
