The leaders of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States will meet at the White House on Sep. 24 for the first-ever in-person leaders’ summit of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, colloquially known as “the Quad.” They will discuss issues ranging from emergent technologies and global supply chain security to climate change and the future of multilateral strategy regarding China. Michael Green, senior vice president for Asia at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), spoke about the importance of the Quad in providing stability to the Indo-Pacific region amid destabilizing efforts by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “There’s an urgency to the Quad now,” Green said in a press call on Wednesday. “And it has become really one of the most important parts of the diplomatic toolkit for these four countries.” “One of the main reasons is that Xi Jinping has taken a much harsher line towards his neighbors,” …