Report of the Webinar on “SOUTH KOREA, INDIA, AND THE EMERGING QUAD PLUS CALCULUS”

Giorgia Piovesan and Ana Carolina De Oliveira Assis

Conference & Workshop Reports March, 2024

Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA) of the ISDP organized a webinar on “South Korea, India, and the Emerging Quad Plus Calculus” on 7 February 2024 involving experts from Korea, India and elsewhere. The webinar addressed several questions: Where does Seoul’s engagement with the Indo-Pacific stand and where does the Quad feature therein? What are South Korea’s reasons for seeking greater cooperation with the Quad? What shape would South Korea’s cooperation with the Quad take? Would it emerge as a new ‘Quint’ platform or as a more flexible and ad hoc ‘Quad Plus’ format? What are the prospects for India-Korea cooperation in the Indo-Pacific? Considering their bilateral cooperation, what are the prospects for both countries to promote and enhance minilateral formats of cooperation in the region, particularly about the Quad? How can we envision a strategic convergence between India and South Korea in Indo-Pacific minilateral frameworks? In other words, what other minilateral forums could set this example for quad-plus format cooperation? Please read the report of this webinar here.

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