Economic goals drive Indian-Israeli-Emirati-US ‘quad’
Significance The grouping has been widely described as a new ‘quad’. This label is inspired by the Quad, a long-standing group comprising India, the United States, Australia and Japan. Impacts The United States will increasingly encourage Saudi Arabia to pursue normalisation of relations with Israel. China, Pakistan, Iran and Turkey will step up economic and defence collaboration with each other. Delhi-Ankara relations will become more strained.
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