Prof P R Kumaraswamy

Professor
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Last month, the foreign ministers of Israel and the United Arab Emirates met the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, in Washington DC. In less than a week later, the Indian External Affairs Minister joined them for a virtual meeting, which has resulted in a new grouping, popularly called the Second Quad. How will this bloc be different from the Indo-Pacific Quad and what benefits can India accrue from it? Nithya Subramanian, Editor, ISAS, spoke to Prof P R Kumaraswamy, who teaches contemporary Middle East at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi.