Biden heads to his last Quad meet with a legacy of transforming, elevating group

Biden’s most steady partner in making the group what it is today has been PM Narendra Modi as a fellow-leader and agenda-setter

In March 2021, within two months of taking over as America’s president, Joe Biden attended the first Quad leaders’ summit as he got together with the leaders of Japan, Australia and India in a virtual format. In September 2024, four months before he leaves office, Biden will head to New York where he will, in all likelihood, attend his final leaders’ summit of Quad.

The grouping has transformed in the past four years because of its focus on what officials call “concrete deliverables”. (Getty Images)

Elevating and transforming Quad, American officials believe, will be among Biden’s most important achievements. And Biden’s