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b'At a time when the world is struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese Communist Party has become more coercive and disruptive. The Australia-India-Japan-United States security quadrilateral \\u2013 known as the Quad \\u2013 has resultingly assumed greater importance and relevance because it consists of the four countries in the Indo-Pacific who are the most forward-leaning and capable of challenging Beijing\\u2019s destabilising efforts.\\n\\nYet, India continues to formally eschew alliances and formal commitments, even as strategic, economic and intelligence cooperation between the other three members are as close as they have ever been. \\n\\nGiven these dynamics, what ought we expect from the Quad? What successes should we expect from the Quad in countering undesirable Chinese assertiveness? What can and should Australia and the United States do \\u2014 and expect of one another \\u2014 in realising those successes?\\n\\nTo discuss these issues, the USSC hosted a webinar event featuring Lt General H.R. McMaster, Japan Chair at the Hudson Institute, Washington DC; Dr Charles Edel, Senior Fellow at the US Studies Centre; Dr John Lee, Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the US Studies Centre, and Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, Washington DC; and Dr Lavina Lee, Senior Lecturer at Macquarie University and author of the recently published report, Assessing the Quad: Prospects and Limitations of Quadrilateral Cooperation for Advancing Australia\\u2019s Interests.'