The leaders of the Quad (the partnership between Australia, the USA, India and Japan), meeting on the sidelines of the G7, express their "deep concern about the war raging in Ukraine" The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD or Quad) is an informal strategic alliance between Washington, Canberra, Delhi and Tokyo with the aim of containing Chinese expansionism in the Indo-Pacific region. "We want a region where no country dominates and no country is dominated," says the Quad communiqué.