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F

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FOIP (Free and Open Indo-Pacific)

FOIP is a strategic vision promoting a rules-based, open, and connected…

FOIP (Japan)

Japan's "Free and Open Indo-Pacific" vision, a foreign-policy framework…

I

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Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness (IPMDA)

The IPMDA is a Quad-led initiative launched in 2022 that fuses commercial…

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Indo-Pacific Strategy (US)

The US government framework for diplomatic, economic, and military engagement…

M

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Malabar Naval Exercise

The Malabar Naval Exercise is an annual multilateral maritime exercise…

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Minilateral Diplomacy

Diplomacy conducted among a small group of states—typically the smallest number…

Q

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Quad Fellowship

The Quad Fellowship is a scholarship program funding 100 graduate students…

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Quad Leaders' Summit

The Quad Leaders' Summit is the head-of-government meeting of Australia, India,…

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Quad Vaccine Initiative

The Quad Vaccine Initiative was a 2021 commitment by the United States, India,…

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Quad-bloc

Informal shorthand for the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (the Quad), a…