The recently concluded Quad foreign ministers’ meeting should help to ease some of the recent anxieties around the group. Analysts have been tempted to measure the vitality of the group—comprising Australia, India, Japan, and the United States—by the frequency of its summitry or mentions in American strategic documents . But that would be a mistake. Granted, much of the Quad’s pomp and pretense have been stripped away, but what remains is a group that is more narrowly focused and self-