D-10 Strategy Forum Explained

D-10 refers to an initiative by the US Department of State office of policy planning dating back to 2008. It was picked up by the Atlantic Council, which launched an initiative in 2014 to maintain a "rules-based democratic order" under the leadership of ten "leading democracies".^[1]

The "D-10" meeting represents over 60% of the people living in democracies around the world.^[2]

The newly minted "Asia Czar" of the United States Department of State, Kurt Campbell, who was portrayed in the press as "a China hawk" and "credited as the architect of the Obama administration's 'pivot to Asia' strategy in 2012", published an article entitled 'How America Can Shore Up Asian Order'. In the article he endorsed the Atlantic Council initiative and subsequent Donald Trump administration proposal to expand the G7 into a larger group of democracies that will be known as the D-10, with the addition of Australia, India and South Korea,^[3] as "most urgent for questions of trade, technology, supply chains, and standards."^[4]

Members of the D-10 Strategy Forums are as follows:^[5]

• Australia
• Canada
• France
• Germany
• India ^[6]
• Italy
• Japan
• United Kingdom
• United States

External links

• Web site: UK plans early G7 virtual meeting and presses ahead with switch to D10 . The Guardian . Patrick Wintour . 2021-01-15 .
• Web site: What is D10 group of countries? Know its importance, India's position and more here . jagran josh. Tulika Tandon. 2020-12-17 .
• Web site: A D-10 of the G-7 and three other democracies could serve as an allied approach against China . The Washington Post . Ishaan Tharoor . 2020-12-18 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: D-10 Strategy Forum . Atlantic Council .
2. Web site: PM Modi to attend G7 Summit in UK as guest . Times of India . Naomi Canton . 2020-12-18 .
3. News: Fisher . Lucy . Britain could join 'Asian Nato' under proposal to expand its membership to counter China . Telegraph Media Group Limited . 28 January 2021.
4. Campbell . Kurt M. . Doshi . Rush . How America Can Shore Up Asian Order A Strategy for Restoring Balance and Legitimacy . Foreign Affairs . 12 January 2021 .
5. Web site: D-10 Strategy Forum . Atlantic Council .
6. Web site: A D-10 of the G-7 and three other democracies could serve as an allied approach against China . The Washington Post . Ishaan Tharoor . 2020-12-18 .