Dhruva Jaishankar, Executive Director, Observer Research Foundation America, was quoted in an article by Ken Moriyasu of The Nikkei Asia:
Dhruva Jaishankar, executive director of the Observer Research Foundation America, said the newfound attention on the Squad grouping comes at a time when China has fired water cannons at Philippine supply ships in the South China Sea to prevent delivery of construction materials to the BRP Sierra Madre, a World War II-era ship grounded on the Second Thomas Shoal to bolster Manila's sovereignty.
"That's really where China's applying the greatest pressure at this time, even more than Taiwan, and it's really a test of the U.S. alliance," Jaishankar said.
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New Delhi had hoped to convene a Quad summit earlier in the year, to coincide with a possible visit by U.S. President Joe Biden visit to India in January, but the U.S. leader was unable to make it citing a tight schedule.
India also explored a Quad summit before the Indian elections that began on April 19, according to Jaishankar. That too was thwarted by Biden's March 7 State of the Union address and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishdia's state-level visit to the U.S. on April 10
He was also quoted in an article by Sreemoy Talukdar of the First Post:
“The Malabar naval exercise that began as a bilateral operation between India and the US aiming to increase interoperability between the two naval forces now regularly involves the four countries’ navies. Separate antisubmarine warfare exercises often include other partners such as Canada and South Korea. The Quad has also conducted other military exercises with France and the United Kingdom on an ad hoc basis to build additional capacity for military cooperation.”