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The Quad Squad takes diplomacy to a new level
It is the most consequential diplomatic shift in decades, deepening the divisions between China and the rest of the specifically democratic world.
Years in the making, the Quad is finally a real group. The leaders of the US, Japan, Australia and India will hold regular meetings .
David Rowe
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At a nondescript hotel conference room in Manila in November 2017, senior diplomats from Australia, the US, Japan and India gathered to talk shop.
While the East Asia Summit had been dominated by US President Donald Trump skipping out on the event, the officials were meeting quietly to revive the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue.