China and Russia are both being increasingly assertive in their attempts to change the status quo by force. Japan, the United States, Australia and India need to further unite to protect the free international order.
Foreign ministers from the Quad, a framework for cooperation among the four countries, held a meeting in Melbourne.
It is significant that the major regional democracies confirmed that they will work together in a broader range of fields to achieve the vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific, following the first in-person Quad summit in September last year.
