https://www.scmp.com/rss/507685/feed Joshua Park is studying East Asian History at Harvard University and is an intern at the Asia Society Policy Institute. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Just as Nato became a unified bastion of democracy against the Soviet Union, the Quad is hoping to become its era-appropriate equivalent: a bulwark against the rise of China. Unfortunately for Washington and its allies, that is unlikely to happen. The Quad, or Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, is an informal security alliance between the United States, Japan, India and Australia. Drawing together democratic powers along the Asia-Pacific rim, the alliance was initiated by former Japanese prime... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3107469/why-us-led-quad-alliance-wont-realise-its-asian-nato-ambition?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3107469/why-us-led-quad-alliance-wont-realise-its-asian-nato-ambition?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Oct 2020 17:00:07 +0000