Gulf crisis draws US back towards Quad
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio attending the recent Manila meeting was an effort to link the Quad and the ASEAN
Updated At : 07:05 AM Jul 28, 2026 IST
THE resumption of hostilities in the Gulf has pumped unexpected oxygen into a comatose Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad). More specifically, the Houthi militia's blockade of Saudi shipping through the Bab-el-Mandeb and a revival of Somali piracy appear to have forced the US, militarily the Quad's most powerful member, to shift gears on the four-member plurilateral group when US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was in Manila recently to attend meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and their partners, including India.
