The meeting of the leaders of the four countries marks an important milestone in the development of the ‘Quad’ as a regional mechanism.

’s Asia Geopolitics podcast host Ankit Panda () speaks to Akriti Vasudeva, a research analyst at the Stimson Center in Washington, D.C., about the outcomes of the first-ever meeting between the leaders of the ‘Quad’ group of countries (the United States, India, Japan, and Australia).

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