USSC Director of Foreign Policy and Defence Dr Lavina Lee is co-author with C. Raja Mohan (Council for Strategic and Defense Research, Delhi), Arzan Tarapore (Hoover Institution), Satoru Mori (Keio University) and Stacie L. Pettyjohn (Center for a New American Security) on this article published by the Hoover Institution.

This work assesses the current security landscape in the Indo-Pacific region and how the Quad can be utilised to address these challenges. War with China is the most prominent threat to the region and concerns all four members. There are a variety of steps that the group could take short of formalised military cooperation that in part or in whole could contribute to deterring a regional conflict.