Joe Biden to engage with QUAD partners in Indo-Pacific region soon
The informal grouping of Australia, India, Japan and the US is called Quad, a format that is strongly being pushed by the Biden administration
PTI | March 5, 2021 | Updated 15:29 IST
US President Joe Biden
US President Joe Biden looks forward to engaging with his counterparts in Australia, India and Japan in the Indo-Pacific region as soon as possible, according to a senior administration official.
Quad comprises Japan, India, Australia and the United States. The four countries had in 2017 given shape to the long-pending proposal of setting up the Quad or the Quadrilateral coalition to counter China s aggressive behaviour in the Indo-Pacific region.
The US, he said, must meet the new moment accelerating global challenges from the pandemic to the climate crisis to nuclear proliferation challenging the will only to be solved by nations working together and in common
Who s who in Joe Biden s cabinet: US President-elect announces nominations
US President-elect Joe Biden announced additional nominations to fill the posts in the Department of Defence, days after he blamed current Pentagon officials for obstructing the presidential transition.
On Wednesday, the Biden transition team announced on its website that Kathleen Hicks has been nominated for Deputy Secretary of Defence, and that Colin Kahl has been tapped for Secretary of Defence for Policy, reports said.
Currently senior vice president and director of the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Hicks served as deputy under secretary of defence for strategy, plans, and forces, as well as principal deputy under secretary of defence for policy during the former Barack Obama administration.