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Top diplomats gathering in Japan will discuss China’s growing assertiveness in the region.

Top diplomats gathering in Japan will discuss China’s growing assertiveness in the region.

In November 2017, an international grouping declared dead in 2008 was reborn. That month saw the first meeting of a new iteration of the “Quad”—an assembly of government representatives from Australia, India, Japan, and the U.S. In some ways, it was the physical manifestation of several complementary geostrategic trends: growing comfort and convergence among the four democracies, growing apprehension about China’s rise and threats to international rules and norms setting, and an emerging shared vision for the Indo–Pacific region.  

  Foreword Kevin Roberts, PhD The greatest existential threat facing the United States today is the People’s Republic of China (PRC), led and controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Whether politicians and pundits in Washington care to acknowledge it or not, the United States is in a new Cold War with the PRC, an adversary even more capable and dangerous than the Soviet Union was at the height of its power. The reason for this is twofold.

Given that Nepal’s only two neighbours China and India are arch-rivals, the US seems equally concerned about happenings in Nepal.