Ever since the Abraham Accord came into being in 2020 and normalised the relations between UAE and Israel, a lot of geostrategic developments are taking place in the middle eastern region. New alliances, partnerships and multilateral networking have picked up quite swiftly. In this strong tailwind of changes, a new alliance including India, UAE, USA and Israel has been in the works. The Foreign Ministers of these countries met for the first time in October 2021 and pitched for the development of stable strategic partnerships with each other. This alliance is also being called the West Asian quad because of its perceived geopolitical implications on the emerging world order. This alliance is said to be a result of minilateral diplomacy, wherein there is a lot of behind the scenes discussions going on to foster and develop the relationship constructively. The primary objectives of this alliance are going to be on economics and infrastructure followed by water and environment, security he...