S Jaishankar: Chinese belligerence: Whither goes India, will go the Quad and the Indo-Pacific – The Economic Times

The first standalone Quad ministerial meeting in Tokyo on October 6 holds the promise for something much larger, giving a new direction to Indo-Pacific geopolitics. But what, exactly? Expectations are high, matched almost word for word by the pessimists. A surfeit of commentary has weighed in on its prospects or their lack. And everybody is waiting to see if India fails at the finish line. The worldࢀ™s eyes are rightly on India, because whither goes India, will go the Quad, the Indo-Pacific and global rebalancing. The starting point of the Quad is much like an Indian arranged marriage ࢀ" the…