The United States, Japan, Australia, and India need to comprehensively push back against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the Indo-Pacific region, a leading think tank says. Cleo Paskal of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies told The Epoch Times at the Conservative Political Action Conference that the CCP’s goal is to be “number one in the world with comprehensive national power.” She said members of the Quad alliance need “a comprehensive, multi-national defense where countries bring to the table what they have—which is unique—to push back against the CCP.” The Quad, or the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, was started in 2007 by then-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Its four members are the United States, Japan, Australia, and India. The Trump administration reenergized the Quad to become a military and diplomatic force in the region. The four countries have met annually since 2019. In November 2020, Australia rejoined the annual navy exercise Malabar, …
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