Download or read book The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue’s potential for becoming an Asian NATO written by Fabian Döbber and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject Politics - Region: South Asia, grade: 1,0, Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, course: Ausgewählte Themen PAIR- The Rise of China, language: English, abstract: This paper tries to answer the question if the Quad can rightly be seen as a step towards a military alliance, similar to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the Indo-Pacific aiming to contain China's growing influence in the region. The paper starts by giving a brief overview of the Quad and its origins before discussing the central question if the Quad can be seen as a step towards an “Asian NATO” via focusing on the internal and external factors of influence.