February 25, 2026
Dhruva Jaishankar, Executive Director, ORF America participated in the panel, “The future of the Quad in the age of Trump”, at the United States Studies Centre in Sydney, Australia with Foreign Affairs and National Security Correspondent, Sydney Morning Herald, Matthew Knott; CEO, USSC, Dr. Michael Green; Director of Foreign Policy and Defence, USSC, Dr. Lavina Lee; and Senior Advisor and Australia Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Dr. Charles Edel. The discusson highlighted the regional challenges facing the four Quad countries and outlined key areas for cooperation, including on economic security, transnational security and critical technologies — as well as how to deepen the agenda beyond the Quad amongst other regional partners.

