Topic: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.
3. QUAD has become the focus of many initiatives between the four countries as they seek to keep the Indo-Pacific region free and open. Will conflicts outside the Indo-Pacific region, threaten the solidarity of the QUAD? Analyse. (250 words)
Difficulty level: Moderate
Reference: Indian Express
Why the question:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday evening left for Japan on a two-day visit to attend a summit of the Quad leaders which is aimed at further bolstering cooperation among the member nations of the influential grouping and discussing developments in the Indo-Pacific region.
Key Demand of the question:
To write about the various initiatives of QUAD and impact of various geopolitical conflicts on QUAD.
Directive word:
Analyse – When asked to analyse, you must examine methodically the structure or nature of the topic by separating it into component parts and present them in a summary.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Begin by writing about aims and objectives of Quad.
Body:
In the first part, Mention, the initiatives of Quad – maritime security, cyber security and disaster response to connectivity and infrastructure, climate action, vaccine production, student mobility, resilient supply chains, combating disinformation and counter-terrorism etc.
Next, mention the challenges – Ukraine crisis, withdrawal of U.S from Afghanistan, formation of AUKUS, Free and open Indo-Pacific, formation of AUKUS, issue of Quad expansion and Chinese aggression etc.
Conclusion:
Write a way forward to overcome the above challenges and realise their collective goals.
