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U.S. President Joe Biden, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold a Quad meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, May 20, 2023.
U.S. President Joe Biden, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold a Quad meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, May 20, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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This Weekend’s Leaders Summit Brings Prospects for a More Sustainable and Useful Quad

by Manjari Chatterjee Miller September 20, 2024

At their upcoming summit in Delaware, the leaders of the four Quad countries have an opportunity to build on long-running efforts to transform the grouping into one that is more sustainable, practical, and welcomed in the Indo-Pacific. Read More

China
Qin Gang's Removal Puts the Focus on Xi Jinping's Leadership
The unusual departure of Qin Gang as Chinese foreign minister is another public setback for Chinese leader Xi Jinping, a sign that his run at the top has run into serious difficulties.
Blog Post by Ian Johnson July 26, 2023 Asia Unbound
Cambodia
Cambodia's Unfree Election and Potential Succession Crisis
Cambodia's recent election exposes its looming succession crisis.
Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick and Abigail McGowan July 26, 2023 Asia Unbound
Sri Lanka
What Sri Lanka Wants in the Indo-Pacific
As the United States advances its Indo-Pacific strategy, its collaboration with Sri Lanka will be critical to the larger task of building partnerships, resilience, security, and prosperity in the region.
Blog Post by Keerthi Martyn July 26, 2023 Asia Unbound
  • China
    Amid Mounting Youth Unemployment Woes, Beijing Looks Towards Vocational Education
    Facing increasing fears of youth unemployment, Beijing is raising the status of vocational programs and steering students towards technical education programs. 
    Blog Post by Carl Minzner July 25, 2023 Asia Unbound
  • Indo-Pacific
    Opportunities and Challenges for South Korea-U.S. Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
    The first workshop for the project on Bolstering U.S.-South Korean Cooperation to Meet the China Challenge examined the opportunities and obstacles for enhanced U.S.-South Korean policy coordination in the Indo-Pacific region.
    Blog Post by Kuyoun Chung July 24, 2023 Asia Unbound