Quadrilateral Security Dialogue

The concept of a free and Indo- uh, a free and open Indo-Pacific that was pushed by, uh, Prime Minister Abe when you were his, uh, foreign policy advisor.

Now, what happens to that concept of an FOIP? And, um, related to that, uh, is there any purpose left for Quad if the US and China are, are managing the relationship, uh, so famously, uh, and, and so comfortably?

Free and open Indo-Pacific, uh, the name itself, uh, speaks volumes.

If you think about, uh, the naming, it suggested that there is a big nation interested in making the entire region of the Indo-Pacific not free and not open, and that country is obviously China.

And, uh, the United Kingdom, uh, left alone from the EU, has chosen to subscribe this idea of FOIP.

And, uh, in a modest size, however, the United Kingdom has been, uh, uh, constantly sending its, uh, presence forces to the region.

And Quad, uh, substantially needs, uh, personal commitment from four national leaders.

Takaichi at the moment seems to be very much, uh, preoccupied with, uh, the budgeting process, with her, uh, struggle with the treasury group.