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The Quad meets, Fiji waits outside
Why it matters
The article highlights institutional exclusion of Pacific island nations from Quad decision-making on regional security, potentially weakening great-power coordination and creating legitimacy gaps in Indo-Pacific arrangements that Australia depends on. This tension between Quad strategic interests and Pacific sovereignty concerns directly affects Pillar 7 (Alliance cohesion) and Pillar 8 (Northern Arc political stability), and may accelerate alternative regional security architectures that fragment Australia's strategic environment.
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