{"id":62770,"date":"2021-02-26T12:30:59","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T01:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=62770"},"modified":"2021-02-26T12:08:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T01:08:20","slug":"uniting-against-authoritarianism-a-blueprint-for-the-quad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/uniting-against-authoritarianism-a-blueprint-for-the-quad\/","title":{"rendered":"Uniting against authoritarianism: a blueprint for the Quad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Following the changing of the guard in the White House, a re-energised Quadrilateral Security Dialogue<\/a> linking the US, Japan, India and Australia needs to prepare itself to face serious global tensions in this year and beyond.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>, United Nations<\/a>\u00a0and World Trade Organization<\/a>\u00a0now find themselves as \u2018contested space\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Washington\u2019s increased support for the Quad includes a major US reorientation within the Indo-Pacific. President Joe Biden has already confirmed the region\u2019s importance by appointing Kurt Campbell as Indo-Pacific coordinator to manage the US\u2013China relationship. Campbell has endorsed some policies towards China initiated by Donald Trump\u2019s administration, but he has also acknowledged that the US has much work to do in engaging with the region as a whole and in re-engaging with allies.<\/p>\n

Another key element of the Biden administration\u2019s strategy will be making greater use of assets such as satellites in developing national security policy and assessing foreign capabilities, including in space. China, and to a lesser extent Russia, are challenging America\u2019s dominance in space, raising cybersecurity and infrastructure concerns in the US and the wider Indo-Pacific region.<\/p>\n

The Quad will need to be involved in developing a cybersecurity strategy that recognises the varied nature of evolving threats and the importance of ensuring the security and resilience of alliance members\u2019 networks. Australia\u2019s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is seeking to secure the technological future by fostering the \u2018Quad Tech Network\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This initiative opens a new \u2018track 2\u2019 Quad stream for universities and think tanks to promote research on and discussion of cyberspace and critical technology. Participants include the National Security College at the Australian National University, India\u2019s Observer Research Foundation, Japan\u2019s National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and the US Center for a New American Security. DFAT\u2019s focus is on addressing key technology- and cyber-related issues facing the region and fostering policy collaboration among Quad members. This focus will complement the department\u2019s forthcoming international engagement strategy for cyber and critical technology<\/a>, which is expected to focus on protecting critical infrastructure and assets while securing vital supply lines for technology development.<\/p>\n

Competing visions<\/a> for technological sovereignty and governance already disrupt geopolitics<\/a>. A liberal perspective seeks a system that\u2019s distributed mainly from the bottom up, with a vital non-government and private-sector role. In this model, international organisations promote level playing fields for trade, set standards and regulate fair economic competition.<\/p>\n

China and Russia reject this model as broken and seek to reshape multilateral organisations to reflect their own interests. They favour an authoritarian model that mandates a state-centric, top-down approach to governance, altering institutions<\/a> to better support and acknowledge the legitimacy of authoritarian practices. Beijing\u2019s attempts to make the UN a platform that will \u2018legitimise its authoritarian rule<\/a>\u2019, is an example of what China has in mind.<\/p>\n

In the state-centric authoritarian model, global internet and cyberspace governance<\/a>, including the management of information flows, becomes ever more important. China\u2019s and Russia\u2019s disinformation strategies have gathered traction in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Beijing has taken advantage of disjointed Western responses and a dearth of cooperation and leadership among the democracies to alter views on the pandemic\u2019s origin to better fit the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s needs for legitimisation and international respect.<\/p>\n

The \u2018China Standards 2035<\/a>\u2019 plan lays out a blueprint for the CCP and leading state-owned technology companies to set global standards for emerging technologies like 5G, the internet of things and artificial intelligence, among other areas. This is intended to work in concert with China\u2019s other industrial policies, such as the \u2018Made in China 2025<\/a>\u2019 strategy, to make China a global leader in high-tech innovation, and dovetails into the Belt and Road infrastructure expansion.<\/p>\n

As Beijing seeks to export its norms, values and governance practices to the rest of the world, concerted and urgent action by the Quad, and associates including NATO, is necessary to protect shared democratic values and the rule of law. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg<\/a> said in his first policy speech since the US election that his organisation should \u2018reach out to potential new partners in the community of democracies \u2026 and embrace a global outlook\u2019.<\/p>\n

Some argue<\/a> that the Quad won\u2019t work because the histories and agendas of the four partners are too different. However, this views the Quad narrowly as a military alliance. It can be and is much more. In an encouraging sign, the Quad has already engaged with South Korea, Vietnam and New Zealand (the \u2018Quad-plus\u2019<\/a>) on collective responses to the pandemic.<\/p>\n

As Quad members, the US and Australia may encourage the inclusion of Japan in the Five Eyes<\/a> intelligence-sharing network along with Canada, New Zealand and the UK. The British government has also floated the idea of a \u2018Democracy 10<\/a>\u2019 (including the Quad countries) to tackle issues, such as the development of standards for 5G and emerging technologies, that affect the collective interests of the democratic nations.<\/p>\n

A key to the Quad\u2019s future is its embrace of a multilateral and nuanced approach that builds on strategic alliances and partnerships globally. This is a strategic advantage that illiberal states cannot yet, and may never, match. However, as democracies rally, others will seek out new alliances<\/a>. Keeping a step ahead won\u2019t be easy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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