(THE GIST OF PIB) Indo-Pacific Logistics Network

(THE GIST OF PIB) Indo-Pacific Logistics Network

(MAY-2025)

Indo-Pacific Logistics Network

 

  • Quad partners recently convened at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu, Hawaii, for a Tabletop Exercise, a simulation to launch the Quad Indo-Pacific Logistics Network IPLN.

About Indo-Pacific Logistics Network (IPLN):

  • The Quad Indo-Pacific Logistics Network pilot project was launched during the fourth Quad Leaders’ Summit in September 2024.

  • IPLN is an initiative that enables Quad partners to leverage shared logistics capabilities in the Indo-Pacific to support civilian response to natural disasters more rapidly and efficiently across the region.

  • This effort will complement existing efforts with Indo-Pacific partners.

  • Together with the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness, the IPLN reflects the Quad’s commitment to ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific and highlights the value of strengthening practical cooperation to address regional challenges.

What is Quad?

  • The Quad, officially the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, is a group of four countries: the United States, Australia, India, and Japan.

Genesis:

  • Quad came together during the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean region to coordinate response and assistance to countries in the region.

  • The first meeting of Quad officials took place on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum summit in the Philippines in May 2007.

  • After a gap of 10 years, Quad officials met in Manila in November 2017 on the margins of the East Asia Summit for consultations on connectivity issues; maritime security and counter-terrorism; shared principles for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific; and proliferation threats in Asia.

  • Since 2021, the leaders of the four nations have met annually to drive the Quad’s positive contributions across South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific.

  • The core objective of the Quad is to secure a rules-based global order, freedom of navigation, and a liberal trading system.

  • The coalition also aims to offer alternative debt financing for nations in the Indo-Pacific region.

  • It is basically seen as a strategic grouping to reduce Chinese domination.

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