The Quad Key and Emerging Technology Working Group was established, affirming that the “Quad Spirit” broadened the horizons, including more key technology cooperation. Once considered to be the cemetery of international relations, Quad is now witnessing a renaissance based on key and emerging technologies.

The first Quad Summit held in March 2021 emphasized its revival, in which member states established a Quad Key and Emerging Technology Working Group. Although countering China’s technological influence-from rare earths to submarine cables-is still an important part of Quad’s narrative, it now also wants to get rid of this “limited purpose” image, especially as it increasingly Seek to integrate itself into the current construction network in the region, especially the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

In doing so, the Quartet must also find a balance between its hard security-oriented goals and its greater role as a facilitator of the digital economy, as well as a shaper of technology flows and institutions in the Indo-Pacific region, which is important for India and the region. Other countries. In the case of Quad 1.0 suffering from inconsistent interests, leadership changes, and different views on the Indo-Pacific region, [2] Quad 2.0 is the product of the timely and unprecedented convergence of interests. This convergence is interrupted by China’s increasingly radical actions on its maritime and land borders, as well as within and outside cyberspace. Ultimately, even the benefits of economic relations with China cannot prevent the deterioration of security relations.

By 2018-19, the emerging narratives in all four capitals of the four countries are focused on technological hegemony and self-reliance, as well as the potential threat of increasingly belligerent Beijing due to over-reliance on technology suppliers.

News Source : ORF