I2U2 Group
The I2U2 Group, also known as the Middle Eastern Quad or Western Quad, is a strategic partnership between India, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States. The group’s first joint statement, released on July 14, 2022, outlined its intention to collaborate on "joint investments and new initiatives in water, energy, transportation, space, health, and food security."" == Background == In an essay for the Middle East Institute, Mohammed Soliman, a foreign policy thinker, made the strategic case for a broader "Indo-Abrahamic Alliance" that includes India, Israel, the UAE, and the United States and would expand in the future to include Egypt and Saudi Arabia to create a favorable balance of power that maintains peace and security in West Asia.