
The Quad is dead.
It is dead because great power competition isn’t centered in the Indo-Pacific anymore. It’s shifting to the Eurasian Heartland, where China and Russia are building a fortress of pipelines, railways, and overland trade routes—beyond the reach of the U.S. Navy.
India may host a BRICS meeting to offset Pakistan’s renewed visibility. But geography is unforgiving: the Himalayas cut India off from China, leaving it peripheral to Beijing’s continental strategy.
That’s the real tragedy—India matters, just not where the game is now being played.
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