1/ Cuz of Quad, been some debate abt the extent of 🇦🇺🇮🇳🇯🇵🇺🇸 coop in 2004/Tsunami Core Group.
2005, Jt Secy (AMS) S. Jaishankar:
- TCG coordinated int'l reax
- daily 📞, 🇮🇳: FS
- initially 🇦🇺🇮🇳🇯🇵🇺🇸, then + 🇨🇦🇳🇱🇺🇳
- US-IND coord re Sri Lanka
- Indian liaisons in Thailand, PACOM
2/ I've covered Quad 1.0's origins in the Tsunami Core Group in my WOTR piece bit.ly/31062Xh
3/ This was then Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran, the Indian lead on the Tsunami Core Group, on the group at a press briefing on Jan. 5, 2005 (worth reading in full for the broader response effort) mea.gov.in/media-briefing…
.@ryanl_hass: "Implicit in the structure of the [#Quad] agenda will be a recognition that the US & others will enjoy greater attraction & influence by delivering solutions to problems than by presenting opposition to China" bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
.@ryanl_hass: "...If the coordinated efforts of the Quad countries spurs China to up its efforts to deliver solutions to regional challenges, that’s all to the better.” bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Noone believes the Quad has nothing to do w/ China; & denials are only seen as "the Quad doth protest too much."
But there is a nuance here that Ryan alludes to -- the Quad is not about containing China; it *is* in part about shaping China's behavior.
🧵 Following up on the Quad ministerial held yesterday, a quick addition to my Quad charts, breaking down the readouts from Australia, India, Japan & the US. 1/
2/ The “when”: this was the 3rd ministerial of the Quad, which was revived after a decade in 2017. Beyond these senior-level meetings, the Quad countries interact in various ways (see brook.gs/3blCOXQ). This was the first hi-level Quad meeting of the Biden administration.
3/ While there had been some questions abt the fate of the Quad, over the last few weeks, comments from Prez Biden on down (incl Austin, Blinken, Sullivan) hv indicated it is here to stay for now. At yda's ministerial, the countries agreed to an annual ministerial + add’l mtgs
.@StateDeptSpox says that tomorrow @SecBlinken will participate in a meeting with Quad counterparts and another with E3 counterparts (+EU foreign affairs council next week)