Indo-Pacific region in recent times has emerged as a zone of diverging interests and priorities. Discuss. Do you think the Global Security Initiative will supersede QUAD in the region? (Answer in 250 words) 15 marks.

While Global Security Initiative has been floated for cooperation on issues in Indo-Pacific, QUAD is here to stay: 1. It's not an alliance rather issue-based coalition 2. It emphasises on positive issues like vaccine coordination and humanitarian assistance 3. With participation and involvement of more countries in ASEAN, QUAD has expanded to cover more issues like economy, environment (e.g., IPEF) Recent virtual QUAD summit highlighted the importance all four countries—India, US, Japan and Australia put on QUAD.