India, June 14 -- Amid Indo-Pacific rivalries, Quad's future hinges on strategic cohesion, credibility and American commitment.

Alliances get formed and remain successful only if their strategic constituents and operational drivers remain relevant and mutual trust among the partners prevails despite geopolitical churning. Many alliances, whether defence based or economic in concept, continue to exist in the world with varying degrees of effectiveness-some with credibility while some more or less moribund! At the outset it will be in order to state that in the current geopolitical scenario, unilateralism and bilateralism is gradually giving place to multilateralism with nations, even not so robust standing up to the powerful. Thus, allian...