As Trump woos China, the Quad grouping drifts towards irrelevance

As the foreign ministers of India, Japan and Australia lined up with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for a “family photograph” at the start of a meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday, their body language was stiff, with only the top Indian diplomat, S Jaishankar, trying to smile.

Their grouping — the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue alliance, better known as the Quad — has not been very different in ...