Eyes on China as Quad Leaders Vow to Stand Together for Free and Open Indo-Pacific

With all eyes on an increasingly assertive China, “Quad” leaders from the Indo-Pacific nations of the United States, Japan, India, and Australia met on Tuesday morning in Tokyo, Japan, to discuss mutual cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region. The four Indo-Pacific leaders vowed to stand together for a free and open region at the summit, and to work towards peace, prosperity, and stability in the region, while coordinating responses to challenges like energy, health, and cyber security, while addressing U.N. climate change predictions. “This is what this is about, democracy vs. autocracy—we have to make sure democracy is delivered,” Joe Biden…