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The Indo-Pacific region is believed to be of immense strategic significance given the dynamism of the region in propelling economic growth and cooperation between nations. However, the region has attracted significant attention from major powers and is being reimagined as a contested geo-political space. The emergence of the term has led to a restructuring of the popular perception in which the world has traditionally and strategically perceived this geographical area. This paper delves into the manner in which the India and Australia as important actors in the region conceptualize the 'Indo-Pacific' and how it has shaped India-Australia relations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Quad or Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, a group of four democracies, the US, India, Japan, and Australia, was first proposed in 2007 by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in his 'confluence of two seas' speech that subsequently embarked on the path to the foundation of the group. Quad perceives China's economic growth, which enables her to transform the world order as a threat and aims at containing the growing Chinese assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region. The Malabar naval exercises in the Indian Ocean by the Quad members were one such exercise. This paper, aims to analyze the formation of Quad and will contemplate whether the group is causing confrontation or stability in the Asia-Pacific and Indo-Pacific regions. The paper will also assess that the Quad is designed to counter China's growing influence in the Asia-pacific and Indo-pacific regions. Containing China is likely to create a confrontation in the region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Australia published a Strategic Update in 2020 to its 2016 Defence White Paper. The update represents a portentous shift in Australia's understanding and response to its strategic environment. China's increasingly belligerent stance, its use of grey-zone activities and an increasingly jittery United States have pushed Australia to actively seek robust anti-access/area denial (A2AD) capabilities. In addition, Australia intends to focus on its neighbourhood while shedding its anxieties regarding the Quad. The piece aims to briefly contextualise the ramifications of the update with its motivations. It also analyses Chinese behaviour on the world stage and argues for greater synergy in defence coordination between the Quad partners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The autocratic and aggressive demonstration of Chinese political and economic foray into global and regional affairs in the recent decade is symbolic of a fascist regime. China's actions to not adhere to the agreed international order are detrimental to the aspirations, development, and progress, especially of the nations in the Indo-Pacific and the Asia-Pacific regions. Australia has taken a principled stand based on democratic values and just international order; ensuring that our national security, the freedoms, and liberties our societies cherish are not compromised. In the recent decade, a decisive collective political will by Australia has driven the responses to face the coercive challenges engineered by China in the Indo-Pacific region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]