US drops ‘Indo’ from Pacific Command. Is this a warning sign for the Quad?

The United States Department of Defense has shared its decision restore the name of its largest military command to the US Pacific Command (USPACOM). Announced on June 16, the move reverses an important change introduced during US President Donald Trump’s first term in office, when the command was redesignated as the US Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) in 2018. Although American officials have stressed that the change is limited to nomenclature and does not affect operational priorities, the development has nevertheless sparked questions about the future of the Indo-Pacific concept and what the decision could mean for India’s place in Washington’s calculations….