Joint Statement 2025 East Asia Quadrilateral Dialogue

The 2025 East Asia Quadrilateral Dialogue joint statement argues that geopolitical zero-sum thinking and great power competition increase the risk of military conflict in East Asia and hinder cooperation on the climate crisis. The signatories advocate for the institutionalization of Track II diplomacy—linking civil society, parliaments, and experts—to maintain peace and manage regional competition.

• The signatories argue that a geopolitical worldview driven by zero-sum thinking and great power competition prevents effective international cooperation on urgent global issues, specifically the climate crisis.
• Regional tensions in East Asia are being exacerbated by military coordination between the United States, South Korea, and Japan, which is met with increased strategic and military cooperation between North Korea, China, and Russia, thereby increasing the risk of conflict over Taiwan.
• To sustain a framework of peace when governments fail, the participants intend to institutionalize the East Asia Quadrilateral Dialogue as a permanent annual forum and expand it to include youth, university networks, and an open-access digital platform for research.

APA

Union of Concerned Scientists (2025). Joint Statement 2025 East Asia Quadrilateral Dialogue. https://www.ucs.org/about/news/joint-statement-2025-east-asia-quadrilateral-dialogue

Chicago

Union of Concerned Scientists. Joint Statement 2025 East Asia Quadrilateral Dialogue. 2025. https://www.ucs.org/about/news/joint-statement-2025-east-asia-quadrilateral-dialogue.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{unionofconcernedscientists2025joint, author = {{Union of Concerned Scientists}}, title = {{Joint Statement 2025 East Asia Quadrilateral Dialogue}}, publisher = {Union of Concerned Scientists}, year = {2025}, month = nov, url = {https://www.ucs.org/about/news/joint-statement-2025-east-asia-quadrilateral-dialogue}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }