Quadrilateral Security Dialogue's potential for becoming an Asian NATO

Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject Politics - Region: South Asia, grade: 1,0, Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, course: Ausgewahlte 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 "e;Asian NATO"e; via focusing on the internal and external factors of influence.