{"id":15107,"date":"2023-09-23T12:49:10","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T07:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=15107"},"modified":"2025-04-03T08:37:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T03:07:27","slug":"i2u2-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/i2u2-group\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the I2U2 Group?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About I2U2 Group:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a grouping\u00a0<strong>of India, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Formation<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>The group was\u00a0<strong>formed initially in October 2021<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>to deal with issues concerning infrastructure, transport and maritime security<\/strong> in the region.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Originally named the &#8220;International Forum for Economic Cooperation<\/strong>,&#8221; it was\u00a0<strong>also known as the &#8220;West Asian Quad&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>at the time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>First virtual summit:<\/strong>\u00a0 The group held their first virtual summit\u00a0<strong>in July 2022.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>This unique grouping of countries\u00a0<strong>identifies bankable projects and initiatives<\/strong> to tackle some of the greatest challenges,\u00a0<strong>with a particular focus on joint investments and new initiatives in water, energy, transportation, space, health, food security, and technology.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It\u00a0<strong>aims to mobilize private sector capital and expertise<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>to achieve<\/strong> a variety of goals, including\u00a0<strong>modernizing infrastructure, advancing low-carbon development pathways, and improving public health.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD)?<\/h3>\n<p>Known as the &#8216;Quadrilateral Security Dialogue&#8217; (QSD), the Quad is an informal strategic forum comprising four nations, namely &#8212; United States of America (USA), India, Australia and Japan. One of the primary objectives of the Quad is to work for a free, open, prosperous and inclusive Indo-Pacific region.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/newsblogs\/daily-news-and-latest-updates-live-23-september-2023\/liveblog\/103878260.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>India News Update Live: I2U2 Group of India, Israel, UAE &amp; US announces joint space venture<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I2U2 Group is a grouping of India, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15108,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}