Leaders of four countries — India, the United States, Australia, and Japan, are scheduled to meet for the second-in person summit of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue or Quad in Tokyo on Tuesday, May 24. Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Japan on May 23 ahead of the meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and the new Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Since the first in-person meeting of the Quad in September last year, a lot has changed.
The ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis has triggered geopolitical shifts, driven up global inflation, and affected supply chains amid a slew of Western sanctions on Moscow. In March this year, Quad leaders discussed the situation in Ukraine in an unscheduled virtual meeting called by Mr. Biden.
