Gwynne Dyer: The Quad awakes - round up the usual suspects 16 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 5 minutes to read Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison, right, and Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne, left, participate in the inaugural Quad leaders meeting. Photo / Dean Lewins, Pool via AP Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison, right, and Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne, left, participate in the inaugural Quad leaders meeting. Photo / Dean Lewins, Pool via AP NZ Herald OPINION: It has been quite pleasant living on a planet where most of the great powers were not locked up into two hostile nuclear-armed alliances. But nothing lasts forever.