Uniting against authoritarianism: a blueprint for the Quad Scott Morrison with his Japanese counterpart Yoshihide Suga (Kiyoshi Ota/Pool Photo via AP) Following the changing of the guard in the White House, a re-energised Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) linking the US, Japan, India and Australia needs to prepare itself to face serious global tensions in this year and beyond. The Quad will have to deal with the erosion of liberal democratic values under pressure from authoritarian priorities as an ascendant China, supported by Russia, seeks to alter the fabric of the established world. Multilateral institutions such as the World Health Organization, United Nations and World Trade Organization now find themselves as ‘contested space’.